The future of natural gas

By Rod Boyce, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Published 9:15 pm, June 15, 2006
Archived under Info Pipe

The Washington Post has a story today about the current and long-term outlook of the natural gas market in the U.S.

It begins:

The whole world is talking about energy shortages, but for the moment, the U.S. natural gas business is looking at a potential glut.

Thanks in part to a warm winter, inventories of natural gas have built up to levels far greater than normal for this time of year. And terminals built to handle imports of liquefied natural gas from other countries are operating at about half of their capacity.

It is, unfortunately for consumers, a situation that may not last.

The full Post story is here.

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