Natural gas markets have undergone momentous changes, worldwide. This book updates and expands on the dynamics, performance and forward path of expanding natural gas use in the US and worldwide, including international trade. It brings together major research themes and findings with recent...

Chapter 1. All Value Chains Begin Upstream -- Chapter 2. The Gas-Power Nexus -- Chapter 3. Petrochemicals: An Industrial Renaissance? -- Chapter 4. LNG in the Global Context -- Chapter 5.Natural Gas Worldwide: Where Are the Markets, Where Are They Heading? -- Chapter 6. Building Sustainable...

From 2015 to 2023, the United States transformed from a net importer of natural gas to the world's largest liquified natural gas (LNG) exporter. We find that this surge in LNG exports has reconnected U.S. gas prices to world market prices, after a hiatus of "shut-in" fracked gas. We estimate...