US natural gas - a tale with many twists

Journal article

The US shale gas phenomenon and its attendant media coverage have raised (among other issues) awareness of the importance of natural gas in the North American energy mix. The prevailing impression is one of an abundant resource which is out-competing coal in the power generating sector and which is poised to ‘go global’ if some of the many US and Canadian LNG export schemes are approved and come to fruition. Natural gas in North America has a much longer history than in Europe. The first US gas well was sunk in 1821, in Fredonia, New York, although it wasn’t until the 1920s that any significant effort was put into building a pipeline infrastructure for gas. US natural gas production grew dramatically following the end of the Second World War, reaching a peak in the early 1970s and maintaining an undulating plateau thereafter.

Authors: Rogers, H

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
• Journal: Oxford Energy Forum
• Volume: 89
• Pages: 6-9
• Publication date: 2012-08-01
• Edition: Publisher's version
• ISSN: 0959-7727
• Language: English
• Keywords: OIES