Publisher's Letter

Thanks to horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracing, the US is now neck-and-neck with Russia for the world’s number-one producer. In addition to developments in the US, substantial new natural gas discoveries, including those in the North West Shelf of Australia, East Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, mean that the world has an abundant, a clean, and—depending on where you live—a relatively inexpensive energy source. Abundant supply is driving two major industry trends. As more natural gas is used as an energy source and as a feedstock, the demand for transport, storage and processing will increase dramatically. At Gulf Publishing Company, we track gas processing projects through Hydr