•22% of all energy used in the United States
•Heats 62% of U.S. houses and it also cools some
•By 2011 it will fuel more than half of the new electricity capacity
•In 2007, Americans used 23.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas
•There are about 64.4 residential customers and 5.3 millioncommercial customers
•As of 2007 there were 150,000 natural gas powered vehicles in use
•More than 20.1 trillion cubic feet are produced in the U.S. that’sabout 77%
•The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects the demandfor natural gas to continue to grow over the next decade
•The world used 104 trillion cubic feet in 2005 and is expected to use158 trillion cubic feet by 2030