Outlook for Natural Gas American Gas Association Executive Conference October 11, 2010 Chicago, IL Richard G. Newell, Administrator
Current Role of Natural Gas and Short-term Price Outlook Richard G. Newell, American Gas Assoc. 10/11/2010 2
U.S. primary energy consumption was 83% fossil-fueled in 2009 Total 94.6 Quadrillion Btu Richard G. Newell, American Gas Assoc. 10/11/2010 Source: EIA Annual Energy Review 2009 3
EIA recognizes that natural gas price forecasts are highly uncertain Henry Hub natural gas price dollars per million Btu History Projections 12 Historical spot price 10 STEO price forecast NYMEX futures price 8 95% NYMEX futures…
The probability of January 2011 contract month natural gas price being higher than 5.50 is less than 10% probability of exceedence 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 4.50 5.50 6.50 dollars per million btu Source: EIA Oct 1, 2010;…
Long-term Supply and Demand for Natural Gas: Insights from the Annual Energy Outlook Richard G. Newell, American Gas Assoc. 10/11/2010 6
Non-fossil energy use grows rapidly, but fossil fuels still provide 78 percent of total energy use in 2035 quadrillion Btu History Projections 120 Renewables (excluding liquid biofuels) 100 Liquid biofuels 80 Liquid fuels 60…
Assuming no new policies, growth in energy-related CO2 is driven by electricity and transportation fuel use 2008 2035 Buildings and Electric Power Buildings and Electric Power Industrial 2,359 (41%) Industrial 2,634 (42%) 1,571…
U.S. Gas Production Richard G. Newell, American Gas Assoc. 10/11/2010 9
Import share of natural gas supply declines as domestic production grows trillion cubic feet History 2008 Projections 30 25 Consumption 6% STEO Net imports 13% 20 Domestic production 15 10 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015…
Shale gas and Alaska production offset declines in other supply to meet consumption growth and reduce imports U.S. gas production + net imports trillion cubic feet History Projections 25 Net imports Alaska 20 Shale gas 15 10…
Fifty-five percent of active rotary rigs are now drilling horizontal wellbores active drilling rigs 2,500 Horizontal Directional Vertical 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Jan- 2000Jan-2001 Jan- 2002Jan- 2003Jan- 2004Jan-…
Since 2006 the 6 largest shale gas plays have provided essentially all gross gas production increases in U.S. lower-48 gas production U.S. lower-48 (includes shale) gas production big 6 shale plays billion cubic feet per day billion…
U.S. shale gas production has increased 14-fold in 10 years annual shale gas production trillion cubic feet 5.0 4.5 4.0 Antrim Barnett Fayetteville Woodford Haynesville Marcellus 3.5 Eagle Ford 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0…
Shale gas production significantly lowers projected U.S. gas imports total U.S. natural gas imports Two alternate scenarios trillion cubic feet 5 No new U.S. shale scenario allows no new onshore, lower 48 shale drilling after 2009…
U.S. Gas Consumption Richard G. Newell, American Gas Assoc. 10/11/2010 16
As over the past decade, developments in the electricity sector drive changes in overall demand for natural gas trillion cubic feet 10 History Projections 8 Electric Power Industrial 6 Residential 4 Commercial 2 Lease and…
Growth in electricity use continues to slow 3-year rolling average percent growth Period Annual Growth History 1950s 9.8 14 1960s 7.3 1970s 4.7 12 1980s 2.9 1990s 2.4 10 2000-2008 0.9 2008-2035 1.0 8 Projections 6 4 2 0…
Renewables gain electricity market share; coal share declines billion kilowatthours and percent shares 6,000 History Projections 5,000 17.0 4,000 Renewable 9.1 20.8 Natural gas 21.4 3,000 2,000 48.5 Coal 43.8 Oil and other…
Natural gas and renewables account for the majority of capacity additions from 2008 to 2035 2008 capacity Capacity additions 2008 to 2035 Hydropower* 99 (10%) Hydropower* 1 (0.4%) Nuclear Nuclear Coal 8 (3%) Coal 101 (10%) 312…
Climate policy and other drivers affecting the demand for natural gas in electricity generation and transportation Richard G. Newell, American Gas Assoc. 10/11/2010 21
So, what is the impact of energy, climate, or other pollution policies on the use of natural gas for electricity generation What is the implicit value of carbon What are the emissions targets To what extent are offsets allowed or…
Climate policy impact on operating costs: Existing plants Fuel cost for existing coal and combined cycle natural gas units with a value placed on carbon dioxide emissions Climate policies affect the operating costs of both coal-fired…
Levelized costs are needed to compare the impact of climate policy on investment decisions Levelized costs for new plants in 2025 with a value placed on carbon dioxide emissions Levelized cost, which considers 2008 dollars per…
Incentives for using natural gas to fuel heavy trucks are under active discussion in Congress AEO2010 includes sensitivity cases examining the impact of tax credits aimed at stimulating natural gas use in heavy duty (class 3 through…
Natural gas fuel use by heavy-duty natural gas vehicles in Base Market and Expanded Market case with Reference case world oil prices, 2010- 2035 trillion cubic feet 2.0 2027 Phaseout Expanded Market 1.5 1.0 0.5 2019…
For more information U.S. Energy Information Administration home page www.eia.gov Short-Term Energy Outlook www.eia.gov/emeu/steo/pub/contents.html Annual Energy Outlook www.eia.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html International Energy Outlook…