The US holds ample reserves of natural gas to help supply rising world gas demand, particularly for gas-fired electric power generation in Asia, speakers told the IHS CERAWeek energy conference during the Mar. 5 opening gas keynote speech and the global gas plenary. “It’s clear that no country has found greater opportunity in recent years than the United States,” said Joe Kaeser, Siemans AG president and chief executive officer. “The US will most likely become the world’s largest oil and gas producer this year. That’s affordability, availability, and sustainability all in one.” An abundance of shale gas has reshaped advantages that the US can offer the global economy, he said. “I believe we are witnessing, and participating in, the reindustrialization of the United States,” Kaeser said during the opening keynote speech. “And I think it’s fair to say that the development of horizontal drilling may have been the biggest […]