For more than 50 years, Louisiana has stood out as one of North America’s leading natural gas producers. Boasting pipeline and storage infrastructure to support widespread production from conventional onshore wells in-state and from neighboring Texas as well as offshore from the Gulf of Mexico, the Bayou State has long been at the crossroads of the United States’ natural gas industry. However, a number of factors could transform Louisiana from a key gas supplier to a major demand center. Production from conventional gas fields is declining while relatively new supplies from the Haynesville, Marcellus and other shale gas plays are poised to meet growing demand for gas-fired electricity in the Southeast, power for new petrochemical plants in the state and exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from new Gulf Coast terminals. In order to maintain its gas market equilibrium, Louisiana needs to tap new supply sources, concludes the new […]