* Total natural gas consumption in the United States is projected to increase from 22.0 trillion cubic feet in 2005 to approximately 26 trillion cubic feet by 2020.
* Demand for natural gas in the electric power sector is projected to grow from 5.8 trillion cubic feet in 2005 to 7.2 trillion cubic feet in 2020.
* 34In 2005, coal-fired plants accounted for 50 percent of electrical generation and natural gas-fired plants for 19 percent. Most capacity additions over the next 10 years are natural gas-fired plants, increasing the natural gas share of electrical generating capacity to 22 percent and lowering the coal share to 49 percent by 2015.
According to UK based energy consulting firm Wood Mackenzie approximately 42% of US natural gas supply will come from unconventional reserves by year 2010. Unconventional gas which includes coalbed methane, tight gas sands and shale gas, accounted for 27% of US supply in 2005.
Interstate Gas Marketing operates in the heart of the Appalachian Basin home to one of the largest unconventional plays in the country, consisting of the prolific Devonian shale holding approximately 225-250 TCF of natural gas reserves with an estimated 50 TCF recoverable.
Western Pennsylvania natural gas production usually trades at a premium to the
NYMEX markets due to its close proximity to the large East Coast usage markets.
For more information on natural gas visit the following websites:
www.NaturalGas.org
www.AGA.org
http://science.howstuffworks.com/oil-drilling.htm