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Title: A Brief History Of The Natural Gas Industry
Author(s): [Not Available]
Source: 2009 Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course
Year Published: 2009
Abstract: Natural gas was once an unwanted byproduct of oil production. Since it is the gas that pushes oil and brine to the wellbore, the gas was fl ared, sometimes in great quantities in order to produce the oil. No effort was made to conserve the gas so, ironically, the fi eld pressure would decline rapidly and most of the oil would be left in the reservoir. Its fi rst use as a fuel was in the immediate areas the surrounding oilfi elds and even then many times it was fl ared in the town square as a source of lighting and entertainment. No effective transportation system was in place to distribute the gas from the remote fi elds to metropolitan areas. It was not until after World War II that cross country pipelines were laid and large and reliable supplies of gas were available for residential, commercial and industrial consumers. The natural gas industry as we know it has developed in approximately 50 years. Im sure the wildcatters of the early 1900s would be amazed that today you could buy and sell 100 million BTU of gas from a computer screen in any given day!

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