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What is hydraulic fracking? What is another name for it?
What has it meant for the natural gas industry? - Answer-
Where gas is extracted out of rocks
Horizontal fracking
This completely changed the industry, in which allowed
economic gas production in formation which otherwise
would not be economic to produce.
What has made the US a top oil and gas producer in the
world? - Answer-Hydraulic fracking which extracts shale oil
This occurs no where else in the world
Which country is the largest gas producer in the world? -
Answer-America!
What is the historical path of the natural gas industry? -
Answer-1800s non-regulated
1930s regulation births
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1980s de-regulation
2000s fracking
2020s LNG market
The first major gas industry fundamental is Acquisitions
which includes... - Answer-The actual units of gas
purchased or produced
What is the name of the system we are using for Energy
Trading Systems? - Answer-GasTrak
What city is considered the energy capital of the world? -
Answer-Houston!
What does FERC stand for? What is the role it plays? -
Answer-Federal Energy Regulator Commission
independent agency that regulates the transmission of
natural gas, oil, and electricity.
What is the name of the pipelines that cross state lines? -
Answer-Interstate pipelines
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The second major gas industry fundamental is logistics
which entails... - Answer-transportation services - from
supply to demand
processing services - making gas market ready
storage service - storing gas for peak periods
The third major gas industry fundamental is disposition
which includes... - Answer-demand commodity - actual
units of gas sold/consumed
What assets are associated with the process of
Disposition? - Answer-City gates - on demand side
Consumption meters - where gas is consumed
Master meters - like a zip code meter
What does LDC stand for? - Answer-Local Distribution
Company
What are the five moving parts within the natural gas
supply chain? What are their purposes? - Answer-Supply -
actual units of gas processed or purchased
Transport - moving from supply to demand