Gas Demand Picture Faces Host of Uncertainties, Industry Officials Say

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Exports and power generation will propel near-term gas demand growth in the US, industry officials gathered in Chicago last week agreed. But they acknowledged that a host of external factors could change how quickly - and how significantly - each of those sectors expands. "LNG exports are still the most significant demand driver" despite an oversupplied global market creating some "bumps and bruises" along the way, Vikas Dwivedi, a global oil and gas strategist with Macquarie, told the LDC Midcontinent Gas Forums conference.