Long-Term Natural Gas Outlook
with Implications for Energy, Agriculture, Food and Biofuels

A Multi-Client Study

July 2010

As the U.S. and world economies recover from the worst recession in decades, governments, businesses and private investors are struggling to balance a myriad of critical and often conflicting energy-related issues, including the prospects of requirements to curtail and reduce carbon emissions. As a global economic recovery proceeds, the U.S. will expand slowly with a lag in employment gains, while the emerged and emerging economies of the world grow significantly and require fuels and energy. In the U.S., conservation could help to meet requirements at "economic prices," but additional supplies also will be required.

With questions about the safety and viability of meeting growing U.S. energy needs with petroleum (especially via deep water drilling), the critical question is where will the energy come from? And in what form and at what price will that energy be produced? Can technologies that facilitate natural gas production from unconventional sources such as shale gas and coal bed methane economically meet our increasing energy needs in an environmentally friendly way? And, how will all of this impact the energy, agriculture, food and biofuels industries? What energy-related decisions must such firms make to insure their continued viability and success?

The objective of this study is to answer questions such as these and in doing so, provide strategic context and guidance for investors, users, producers and other industries and companies with a significant interest in natural gas.

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