The crisis in Japan has caused some concerns over the future of the nuclear industry in this country. Nuclear power accounts for up to 20% of the electricity generated in the USA. There are many questions surrounding the industry which, just a week ago, were nearly unthinkable: Will this curtail future development, in the US and worldwide? Will permits for …
American Natural Gas
United States producible natural gas supplies jumped significantly since last measured by the Potential Gas Committee an Industry watch group. Most of the reported gains come from shale gas formations such as Marcellus in the Northeast and Haynesville in the South. This puts total producible United States supplies at 1,898 trillion cubic feet (tcf). The United States has the largest …