The domestic natural gas industry in developing countries

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6869476

Klass, D L ^[1]; Khan, R A; Khwaja, S ^[2]

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1. Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
2. World Bank, Washington, DC (United States)

The domestic natural gas industry has generally exhibited slow growth in most developing countries that are fortunate enough to have sufficient proved gas reserves to meet energy needs. But supportive government policies that promote the use of indigenous reserves are now beginning to have a positive impact in many parts of the world. Supply and distribution infrastructures are being built or modernized. And natural gas is now or will be available at prices that encourage the displacement of competitive fuels in the larger, energy-intensive industrial and power-generation markets of these countries. It is expected that the domestic gas industry in many developing countries will expand at higher rates than in the past. In the next few decades, the resulting benefits will include reductions in oil consumption per capita, improvements in the balance of payments for oil-importing and exporting developing countries, greater efficiency of energy usage and lower energy consumption per output unit, and improved environmental quality. The national economies and living standards will also undergo significant advancement.

• Research Organization: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: IGT; Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6869476
• Report Number(s): CONF-9205294-3; ON: TI93005394
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
030600* -- Natural Gas-- Economic
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COMPILED DATA
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GLOBAL ASPECTS
INDUSTRY
INFORMATION
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY
NUMERICAL DATA
PRODUCTION
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SUPPLY AND DEMAND