Forecast of capital requirements of the U. S. gas utility industry to the Year 2000. [Monograph]
With increased projected gas needs and limitations on conventional natural gas production, gas utilities are beginning to invest in more capital-intensive supplemental gas-supply projects such as LNG, Alaskan gas, and coal gasification. This relatively new trend, involving supplemental gas projects, constitutes a major new capital investment requirement for the U.S. gas utility industry. This analysis estimates the capital investment that will be required by the U.S. gas utility industry for the development of supplemental gas supplies between now and the end of the century, and places this new requirement in the context of the projected traditional capital needs of the industry. It is concluded that when the capital requirements for these supplemental gas-supply projects are added to other utility capital requirements (e.g., pipeline and distribution system maintenance and construction and some exploration and development investments), the U.S. gas utility industry will have to increase its current investment of $52 billion by an estimated $204 billion (1977 dollars) of additional investment by the end of the century.
- OSTI ID:
- 6945650
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CAPITAL
COAL GASIFICATION
CONSTRUCTION
DEMAND FACTORS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPLORATION
FLUIDS
FORECASTING
FOSSIL FUELS
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