ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Episode 1 (8:17 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks all things natural gas and the impacts the current situation could/will have on our industry.

• What is going on with Russia and Europe and how does this pertain to natural gas?
• How much of a price hike has there been in Europe? How bad are energy costs for the British?
• Why should we care about Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines?
• Russian relationship with China? Significance?
• How the lack of winds in Europe have factored into this.
• Where are the typical LNG sources throughout the world?
• And let’s talk about the U.S. part of this natural gas equation.
• What do the oil producers think about this? Time to produce more oil?
• What do oil producers look at as a key barometer in their decision-making?
• Kazakhstan craziness and how that plays into the current situation.
• Overall outlook for the industrial sector moving forward.