Natural Gas Risks ‘Demonization’ Similar to Coal, Says Woodside CEO

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The natural gas industry risks becoming marginalized unless it steps up and convinces the public how necessary it is, top executives said Tuesday. Executives from BP America, Cono- coPhillips, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Total SA, Woodside Energy Ltd. and Vitol shared their concerns during a plenary session at the Gas- tech 2019 conference underway in Houston. “The industry really is at a critical junc- ture,” Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said. “We run the risk of being demonized like that other fossil fuel out there called coal.”