The Free Press reports that GM made a similar shift of engineering staff that was working on development of gas-electric hybrid technology in 2003.
Again, diversity of supply has played a crucial role: the development of gas and other power sources has refuted the argument which held that governments must take charge because cheap electricity requires big, expensive plants.
The current White House says that such unconventional natural gas is such a game-changer and that it requires more federal oversight while a Romney presidency would continue to let the states supervise the development of gas drilling.
This is driven by a combination of factors: low power prices due to the development of unconventional gas, the lack of incentives for low-carbon power and rising costs of nuclear power.
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The development of cheap gas, particularly in the US and at a time of economic hardship, has radically turned around perceptions of energy markets and the drive for cheaper fuel.
Funding for development of the gas field is now on hold, he said, due to banks' concerns about the new tax regime.
John German, manager for environmental and energy analysis at Honda Motor, described his company's pioneering development of natural gas passenger vehicles and how that development might bloom.
John German, manager for environmental and energy analysis at Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ), described his company's pioneering development of natural gas passenger vehicles and how that development might bloom.
Industry insiders describe the commercialization of gas hydrates as similar to the development of coal bed gas resources.
The development of shale-gas reserves beyond North America is still at an early stage.
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American Eagle Energy ( AMZG) is an independent company focusing on the acquisition, exploration, production and development of oil and gas properties in North America.
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As just one example, permitting by the Department of the Interior would slow down, creating delays for the development of oil and gas on Federal lands.
In the 1960s it was hoped that the development of oil and gas would revive British manufacturing with orders for drilling rigs, production platforms and survey vessels.
With the development of Marcellus shale gas that could grow to more than 13 billion cubic feet a day, and create more than 200, 000 jobs in the process.
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If wood had not become scarce in Europe as a fuel we would never have dug for coal and developed the understanding which allows development of oil and gas reserves.
The development of liquefied natural gas facilities will make gas moveable and more tradeable, meaning cheap prices in the US, and other areas where 'fracking' is developed, can help drive down prices around the world.
Recent discoveries of immense amounts of natural gas trapped in shale rock, coupled with the development of new technologies to capture and produce such shale gas, are driving natural gas prices down.
We can pull two groups of countries that might find shale gas development pretty attractive out of this table.
Finally, the industry should create more winners by widely distributing the direct benefits of gas development.
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Instead, hopefully, the debate will center on using energy development, particularly of natural gas, to drive job creation.
They are the same risks that our industry has been managing for more than 100 years in the conventional development of oil and natural gas.
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The main sign of this now is the development of the shale-gas market in America, which has caused a collapse in natural-gas prices in that country.
Last week it announced it was awarded a contract by RTI International to support development of a new synthetic gas technology, though the price was not revealed.
He told the Resource 2012 forum on water, food and energy scarcity that the development of shale oil and gas was "quite extraordinary", and that the world was now entering the "latest age of primary energy".
The well-established pattern of such development suggests that the natural gas discoveries to date represent only a fraction of the total recoverable resource.
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The city is also host to the world's largest gas-stimulation project in development: 240 million cubic feet of Tengiz natural gas is injected daily into the reservoirs to loosen up oil and boost well pressure.
"Hydraulic fracturing in a well for shale gas development, which involves injection of fluids to fracture the shale and release the gas up the well, has been confirmed as the cause for small felt seismic events at one location in the world, " the report states.
There is widespread concern and conflict surrounding the impact of shale gas development.
The development of copious amounts of natural gas means gas prices have plunged.
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