Exxon: NatGas to Become 'Fuel Of the Future' in North America

摘要

The economic and environmental benefits of natural gas for a variety of uses — including electricity generation and a feedstock for petrochemicals — could solidify the hydrocarbon as the "fuel of the future" in coming decades, according to the latest outlook from Exxon Mobil. Natural gas has made significant inroads in the US in both of these sectors as a result of its historically low prices in North America and surging output from onshore shale plays in recent years (NGW Jan.21'13).