Natural gas supply assessment '87: Technical report

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6136054

The natural gas industry is undergoing rapid and profound changes. New regulatory approaches are significantly restructuring the traditional functions of, and relationships among, producers, pipelines, distributors and end-users. The roles of federal and state regulators are also being redefined. A more dynamic and complex gas industry is emerging which is characterized by decreased regulation and increased market opportunities. Lower oil prices will accelerate and intensify this development. Natural gas wellhead prices will increasingly be set by market forces dominated by low oil prices. This assessment explores the significance of recent events, analyzes the expected direction of various factors relevant to natural gas planning and policy issues and outlines strategic responses. Where a specific forecast is presented, it can be considered to represent the most likely trend within a range of possibilities. Recent legislative and administrative actions and proposals for deregulating the natural gas industry and a discussion of their implications for the future is presented. That is followed by a review of recent trends in natural gas markets. The next section contains the outlook for future natural gas supplies, prices and markets. That is followed by a description of the forecasting methodology. The final section includes a discussion of strategies for improving the natural gas market.

• Research Organization: New York Energy Ofice, Albany (USA). Div. of Policy Analysis and Planning
• OSTI ID: 6136054
• Report Number(s): NP-7900935; ON: TI87900935
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
030600* -- Natural Gas-- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
294003 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Natural Gas
DEREGULATION
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FORECASTING
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
INDUSTRY
MARKET
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY
NORTH AMERICA
PIPELINES
PLANNING
PRICES
STATE GOVERNMENT
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
USA