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Natural gas, called “the prince of hydrocarbons,” is the fastest growing energy source in the world. As the most flexible of all primary fossil fuels, it can be burned directly to generate power and heat, converted to diesel for transportation fuel, and chemically altered to produce a plethora of useful products. Such products include liquid vehicle fuels, fertilizer, chemicals, and plastics. Best of all, it can do all of this at competitive costs and from a plentiful supply, while emitting significantly fewer harmful pollutants than other fuels.

Unlike oil and coal, natural gas cannot simply be loaded on a ship or train for transportation from its source to the consumer. Gas requires expensive pipelines, which are uneconomic over large distances, or complicated conversion systems that either cool the gas into liquid form or modify its chemical composition to allow conversion to other products. Technology advances and declining costs have finally allowed gas to economically overcome these challenges to become the fuel of the future.

Worldwide consumption of natural gas is forecast to double by 2030. The developing economies of Asia, Latin America, and Africa, which have relatively recently discovered the magic of natural gas, will show the highest growth rates. The greatest total volume increases will be in the developed economies of Europe, North Asia, and Asia, which have used natural gas for decades.

This website aims to provide an independent view of natural gas, providing valuable information for both novices and seasoned professionals. Readers wishing to learn more about this subject are invited to purchase the recently published book, Fundamentals of Natural Gas, authored by the creator of this website, Vivek Chandra.

The contents of the site represent the views of its creator without any commercial sponsorship or funding. Comments and suggestions are welcome; please contact the creator at the address listed in the ‘Contact Us’ section of the site.