(Thu, 22 Sep 2011) The U.S. has three primary types of underground natural gas storage facilities: depleted fields, aquifers, and salt caverns. Depleted natural gas fields provide by far the largest share of natural gas storage capacity and together with aquifer storage are used primarily to meet seasonal delivery needs. Most new storage facilities built since 2007 have been salt caverns.
EIA: What’s New
Salt caverns account for 23% of U.S. underground natural gas storage daily deliverability
September 22, 2011 by ·
China & India account for half of global energy growth through 2035
September 19, 2011 by ·
(Mon, 19 Sep 2011) Strong economic growth leads China and India to more than double their combined energy demand by 2035, accounting for one—half of the world’s energy growth according to EIA’s recently released International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011). The IEO2011 projects that China and India together will consume 31% of the world’s energy in 2035, up from 21% in 2008.
EIA: What’s New
