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The U.S. Natural-Gas Boom Will Transform the World

The Wall Street Journal -- Two summers ago, natural gas cost $4.50 per thousand cubic feet, which was less than half what it had cost two summers earlier. Today the price is under $2.50, as unconventional natural gas production has increased to 20% of domestic supply from 5% in 2008, with 40% anticipated by 2020.

Meanwhile, North Dakota's Bakken/Three Rivers field produces 600,000 barrels a day of unconventional oil—up from 250,000 barrels in 2010 and less than half that in 2008—making that state the second-largest U.S. oil producer. With such changes happening so fast, it's timely to consider their implications.

A United States hopelessly dependent on imported oil and natural gas is a thing of the past. Most energy experts now project that North America will have the capacity to be a net exporter of oil and

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Submitted Aug 15, 2012 By: angel4me

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,610 Points:1,608,545 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 18, 2012 7:01:53 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse LM1: can you explain your logic? Btw, the US exports not oil, but refined products, such as gasoline.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,610 Points:1,608,545 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 18, 2012 6:59:23 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse LEC: proves the point that some folks make here: ppl don't read past the headline (or just read the top one or two comments that others made).
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,596 Points:1,204,605 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Aug 16, 2012 11:13:21 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Are some poster crazy? Complaining about the cost of NG? Maybe they didn't read the article.....LOL!
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LanguageMan1 Champion Author Tampa Posts:11,718 Points:1,660,815 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 11:09:47 PM Ignore LanguageMan1 Report Abuse "A United States hopelessly dependent on imported oil and natural gas is a thing of the past." What a crock that is! We're shipping out more oil and that makes us more dependent on imported oil once again. I hate those liars.
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Jeff1944 Champion Author South Dakota Posts:4,232 Points:1,073,730 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 11:06:24 PM Ignore Jeff1944 Report Abuse As in 2005-2006, natural gas was out of sight above $8.00. It is called supply and demand!
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SammyAdams Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:3,054 Points:792,745 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 10:47:55 PM Ignore SammyAdams Report Abuse One of the surest ways to lower the cost of gasoline products (as well as other consumer goods) would be to: 1) Abolish the Federal Reserve, 2) End the EPA, 3) Run our government as outlined in the Constitution.
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PoohMcGoo Champion Author Alabama Posts:3,067 Points:799,835 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 9:55:27 PM Ignore PoohMcGoo Report Abuse Not with our current president.
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RAE344 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:3,059 Points:660,545 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 9:22:26 PM Ignore RAE344 Report Abuse The boom will transform this country more then the world. The middle east will be forgotten again.
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MacDad614 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:3,030 Points:1,175,895 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 9:11:35 PM Ignore MacDad614 Report Abuse And natural gas prices are on their way up as GREED strikes that industry. ––––––––– Evidently, the OP has a subscription to WSJ, ezone in Florida. The rest of your comment shows your ignorance. [Edited by: MacDad614 at 8/15/2012 10:15:17 PM EST]
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suzmar Champion Author Texas Posts:2,212 Points:871,990 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 9:03:00 PM Ignore suzmar Report Abuse This article is talking about natural gas, prices are not too high for gas as opposed to gasoline. Some readers seem to confuse the two, they are not interchangeable.
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ezone Champion Author Florida Posts:2,416 Points:946,135 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 9:01:07 PM Ignore ezone Report Abuse Don't know where the rest of the article is. Not to worry. We will continue to import oil at least until a few years after Obozo is just an unpleasant memory.
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