Spiking natural gas prices and uncertainty about its supply have pushed U.S. coal production up 6.5% this year.
The price of natural gas has already been on the rise, but remains relatively low.
It also agreed to purchase part of Repsol's liquefied natural gas portfolio outside North America.
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The cheap natural gas has pulled the price of coal down, though less dramatically.
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Part and parcel of this same effort has been the growing opposition to natural gas fracking.
We continue to make it a priority for us to go after natural gas.
And natural gas isn't just appearing magically -- we're encouraging it and working with the industry.
That means investing in clean, alternative sources of energy, like advanced biofuels and natural gas.
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Even if there is a lot of natural gas there, that might not mean much.
Natural gas prices seem on track to meet, and perhaps substantially exceed, previous peaks.
Ninety percent of electric power is fueled by nonrenewable coal, natural gas or nuclear power.
If we assume natural gas prices track oil's, gas will double from today's already high level.
This is partially being done by switching coal-fired plants to the cleaner-burning natural gas.
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So, another Obama Administration budget, another opportunity taken to demagog the oil and natural gas industry.
The prospects of a Golden Age for natural gas may be determined by power politics.
Its primary commercial source is natural gas, which has more efficient and beneficial uses.
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The planet is endowed with plentiful sources of natural gas and oil, conventional and unconventional.
The Leviathan field was one of the world's largest offshore natural gas finds this past decade.
While this building spree is underway, natural gas will serve as a vital bridge fuel.
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While natural gas is plentiful, oil production in North America peaked five years ago.
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U.S. power plants currently produce 50% more power from natural gas than during the year 2000.
Chevron has 20% of its net proven oil and natural gas reserves in that country.
The American Gas Association puts out a booklet listing the 1, 200 natural gas stations nationwide.
Natural gas vehicles emit up to 90 percent fewer ozone-depleting gases than gasoline-powered cars.
The shale acts as both the source and the reservoir for the natural gas.
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Of course, going forward, new car engines would simply be designed to operate on natural gas.
Fracing is a technique by which unconventional natural gas deposits are extracted from rocks.
In January of 1973, US production of natural gas was 1, 948 (wet) billion cubic feet (bcf).
But it is the most important one to Israel, delivering 40% of Israeli natural gas supplies.
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