Unconventional gas’s global potential
Natural gas is increasingly prominent as a global energy source because of its low-carbon footprint. Unconventional resources will play a critical role in meeting demand, write Herve Wilczynski and Muqsit Ashraf*
Sponsored article from Petroleum Economist’s World Energy Atlas, 6th Edition NATURAL gas is at the centre of the debate on energy, climate change and supply security as competing sources of energy stutter. The March 2011 disaster in Japan put nuclear power under a cloud; renewable energy sources, in particular wind and solar, face challenging economics; coal has an uncertain future, given impending climate-change legislation; meanwhile, 2010’s Deepwater Horizon tragedy and volatility across North Africa and the Middle East are weighing heavy on oil’s position in the energy mix. As a result, the energy industry is increasingly convinced that gas may be a destination fuel, or t
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