Grow

While overall production is flattening out, individual shale play areas in the Rockies will continue to grow, making the region the main future natural gas source for the West, according to Ultra Petroleum Corp. marketing vice president Stuart Nance.

An abrupt defeat has been dealt to an attempt to stunt Canada’s Arctic natural gas pipeline and production project before it has a chance to grow.

An abrupt defeat has been dealt to an attempt to stunt Canada’s Arctic natural gas pipeline and production project before it has a chance to grow.

Longer term electricity demand should grow again at an average of up to 3% annually, and that bodes well for growth in the use of natural gas in the electric generation sector, ICF International energy consultant Kevin Petak told a GasMart 2010 audience in Chicago last Tuesday. Coal will lose ground while natural gas looks to be a big part of the growth in the generation sector over the next 20 years.

Longer term electricity demand should grow again at an average of up to 3% annually, and that bodes well for growth in the use of natural gas in the electric generation sector, ICF International energy consultant Kevin Petak told a GasMart 2010 audience in Chicago Tuesday. Coal will lose ground while natural gas looks to be a big part of the growth in the generation sector over the next 20 years.

CenterPoint Energy Field Services Inc. last week announced new contracts with a Shell subsidiary and Encana Corp. that will grow its rapidly expanding Haynesville Shale gathering and treating network to 1.5 Bcf/d capacity and possibly eventually to 2.8 Bcf/d.

CenterPoint Energy Field Services Inc. Monday announced new contracts with a Shell subsidiary and Encana Corp. that will grow its rapidly expanding Haynesville Shale gathering and treating network to 1.5 Bcf/d capacity and possibly eventually to 2.8 Bcf/d.

With demand and corresponding infrastructure projected to grow steadily, the outlook for natural gas in the Pacific Northwest is fit and looking at a potentially bright future, according to the latest annual report from the Northwest Gas Association (NWGA). The “2010 Outlook” offers an assessment of demand, supply and capacity in the region through October 2019.

With demand and corresponding infrastructure projected to grow steadily, the outlook for natural gas in the Pacific Northwest is fit and looking at a potentially bright future, according to the latest annual report from the Northwest Gas Association (NWGA). The “2010 Outlook” offers an assessment of demand, supply and capacity in the region through October 2019.