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by pfdietz 890 days ago
No, actually most natural gas in the US is produced as "non-associated" gas, not gas associated with petroleum production.

Coal's been driven out of the market because it can't compete with natural gas. Solids are not as easily handled as gases.
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profile53 890 days ago
That is incorrect. Somewhere in the order of 90% of US nat gas is shale gas/fracking related.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/where-our-na...

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pfdietz 890 days ago
Yes. And most of that is not associated with petroleum. It's fracking of formations that contain only natural gas, no petroleum. Fracking is also used on oil-bearing formations, but not only there.
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