Help for Declining Natural Gas Production Seen in the Unconventional Sources of Natural Gas

Natural gas provides about 25 percent of the Nation's energy. However, since gas supplies from conventional sources are expected to decline, unconventional gas sources have been receiving additional attention. Gas from the eastern Devonian shales and western sands are the chief potential contributors to unconventional gas production in the near term. The prospects of coal bed methane production will improve if further demonstrations verify that recovery is technically feasible and economically competitive. The prospects for geopressured methane production remain speculative at the present time.