Gas supplies of the United States: present and future

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7359738

Zareski, G K

A forecast of the availability of natural gas by the Staff of the Federal Power Commission covering the 20-year period from the present to 1990 indicates that the nation's projected gas supplies will be inadequate to meet current projections of future demand. Domestic production is projected to peak in the seventies and decline thereafter. The future role of supplemental sources of gas supply which must be developed in response to the increasing demand for gas is considered and the likely timing and quantitative contribution of the various supplemental sources to total natural gas supply is projected. The major supplementary sources considered are pipeline imports, liquefied natural gas, synthetic gas from coal and gas from Alaska. The availability of supplemental gas supplies in the future is expected to play an increasingly important role in the gas supply position of the nation and by 1990 may provide about 40 percent of the gas consumed.

• Research Organization: Federal Power Commission, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 7359738
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States) Journal Volume: 17:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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