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Asia and the United States helped boost global consumption of natural gas by 7.4% in 2010 to a record 111.9 Tcf, effectively rebounding from a 2009 slump, according to the Worldwatch Institute, a global environmental research firm based in Washington, DC.

Over the next 25 years world energy use will increase by 53%, with China and India alone accounting for half of the total growth, according to the International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011) issued by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) last week.

Over the next 25 years world energy use will increase by 53%, with China and India alone accounting for half of the total growth, according to the International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011) issued by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Monday.

A current worldwide oversupply of natural gas may dissipate as early as the winter of 2012, leading to the potential for spot prices higher than contract prices in Asia and Europe, according to analysts at Wood Mackenzie.

A current worldwide oversupply of natural gas may dissipate as early as the winter of 2012, leading to the potential for spot prices higher than contract prices in Asia and Europe, according to analysts at Wood Mackenzie.

Drilling products manufactured by two Pennsylvania companies, Center Rock Inc. of Berlin in southwestern Pennsylvania and Schramm Inc. of West Chester, near Philadelphia, were instrumental in the rescue Wednesday of 33 Chilean miners trapped for more two months in an underground mine.

With its abundant natural gas storage capacity, North America is viewed by many as a sink for liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes that can’t be sold in Asia or Europe. But now that new LNG liquefaction capacity is poised to come onstream later this year and next — in the midst of a global economic downturn — the industry is wondering where all the cargoes will go.

The major natural gas-consuming countries of the United States, Europe and Asia should work cooperatively to block leading gas exporters from creating an OPEC-like organization for gas, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) said last Monday in a letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.

The major natural gas-consuming countries of the United States, Europe and Asia should work cooperatively to block leading gas exporters from creating an OPEC-like organization for gas, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) said Monday in a letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.