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Monday, August 27, 2012

US DOE Issues Report in Support of Natural Gas

US DOE Issues Report in Support of Natural Gas

The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory last week released a report in support of natural gas as a cost-effective resource for the generation of electric power and an environmentally favorable alternative. According to the “Role of Alternative Energy Sources: Natural Gas Power Technology Assessment”, because of the existence of shale basins across the US, natural gas will continue to expand as a gas resource, while horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) will guarantee decades of domestic…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-DOE-Issues-Report-in-Support-of-Natural-Gas.html

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