Reasonable prices for oil and gas can only be maintained if there is a plentiful supply.
There are two meaningful ways natural gas can quickly move the needle on oil use.
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The gas can be compressed to take up less space, but that can be dangerous.
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In SNG's case, the gas can also be compressed and used to fuel cars with internal-combustion engines.
The paradox is that while gas can be extracted from methane hydrates, doing so poses potentially catastrophic risks.
Once researchers confirm the overarching hypothesis that natural gas can be sweated out of the seabed, commercialization will follow.
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The gas can be shipped by pipeline to liquefied natural gas terminals and shipped to Asia for attractive returns.
The gas can be used to increase the power output of car engines.
Renewable energy is delivered inconsistently, while natural gas can be turned on and off rapidly to fill in those gaps.
The plaintiff, Rene Green, brought this products liability lawsuit, asserting that a defective gas can manufactured by Blitz caused the death of her husband.
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Orbach says that switching from coal to natural gas can have a more profound impact on carbon dioxide (CO2) reductions than certain renewable standards.
Along with advances in renewable energy and increased efficiency, our investments in natural gas can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
"I filled up the gas can, I have water, I have peanut butter, and I took the rocking chairs off the front porch, " she said.
Plans by a UK energy company to test whether gas can be extracted from coal beds near Keynsham has prompted residents to hold a public meeting.
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Bad news for the more than 20 U.S. LNG terminal projects on the drawing board that assume cheap shale gas can be exported into more lucrative markets.
Cheap natural gas can also drag down the price of oil--albeit with a lag, since it takes a while to bring gas wells online or to convert some petroleum consumption to gas consumption.
The EPA has subpoenaed Halliburton for the secret formula for the liquid chemical cocktail it pumps into underground rock structures so natural gas can be accessed through a process known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking.
McClendon and other panelists at the hearing, convened by the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, want Congress to know that natural gas can have a more prominent role in America's energy future.
Depending on the economics of the location, the process can produce gas that can be burned for heat and power, or purified and sold as natural gas, or, perhaps in the future, used as a feedstock for chemicals or plastics.
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To keep turbine sales spinning, Immelt has turned to a process that partially burns pulverized coal in the presence of pure oxygen to turn it into a flammable gas that can drive linked gas and steam turbines.
The fundamental point of the piece is that gas prices are endogenous: rises in gas prices can hurt the economy, but improvements in the economy can also raise gas prices, as people take their newfound wealth and try to buy more gas.
Even a relatively small amount of gas a can cause big problems because a gas bubble will expand massively as it moves from high pressure at the seafloor to lower pressure at the surface.
One ton of buried rubbish can produce 8000 cubic feet of methane gas which can be tapped, piped and made use of in industries and homes.
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Similarly, Gas Buddy and Local Gas Prices can come in handy to help locate the cheapest gas prices in a given area for regular, midgrade, premium and diesel grades.
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With a Chevron or Texaco gas-only card, which can be used only at that brand of gas stations, you can get a 10-cents-per-gallon credit on your billing statement, to be applied to future gas purchases.
But endogenous rises in gas prices can only act to somewhat damp the acceleration of improving economy.
Rising prices at the grocery store and the gas pump can be supremely irritating but not necessarily inflation.
Gas reserves can meet only 4% of annual demand, compared with around 20% in Germany, France and Italy.
Oil and gas companies can write off a portion of their drilling costs.
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