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North American Natural Gas Midstream Infrastructure Through 2035: A Secure Energy Future

North American Natural Gas Midstream Infrastructure Through 2035: A Secure Energy Future

Full Title:  North American Natural Gas Midstream Infrastructure Through 2035: A Secure Energy Future
Author(s):  INGAA
Publisher(s):  INGAA
Publication Date: June 1, 2011
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Description (excerpt):

Sufficient midstream natural gas infrastructure, such as gathering systems, processing plants, transmission pipelines, storage fields, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, is crucial for efficient delivery and well‐functioning markets. Insufficient infrastructure, on the other hand, can contribute to price volatility, a shrinking market, and even stranded gas supplies and reduced economic activity. Since the last INGAA Foundation natural gas infrastructure study completed in 2009, rapid development of unconventional natural gas supplies, particularly shale gas supplies, has expanded and is offsetting declining production of conventional and offshore natural gas. While gas demand in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors largely has been flat in recent years, natural gas consumption for power generation has continued to grow as natural gas has become a fuel of choice for power generation. Keeping pace with these changes, midstream infrastructure investments have been substantial. Producers of new natural gas supplies are helping to drive these investments by committing to the firm pipeline capacity needed to ensure the deliverability of these new supplies to markets. Because of these dynamic and dramatic shifts in the market, the INGAA Foundation felt compelled to update and expand the infrastructure study.

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