Chevron Strategist Warns Era of ‘Too Cheap’ Natural Gas Will End Soon

Date: Oct 26 2012

Filed under: Energy

Chevron estimates that the abundance of cheap natural gas in the U.S. will be short-livedChevron estimates that the abundance of cheap natural gas in the U.S. will be short-lived, according to one of its key strategy staff.

Andrew Peterhans, manager of strategic planning, last week told a group at the BERC Energy Symposium at UC Berkeley that “$2 gas has perhaps come and gone.”

“Two-dollar gas is really not sustainable when you look at what it takes to go and drill shale gas wells and further develop our industry — you’re not looking at $2 gas forever. It’s more likely to be $4…

Chevron Strategist Warns Era of ‘Too Cheap’ Natural Gas Will End Soon originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-10-25T15:43:00Z.

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