Editorial comment

A. BLUME, Editor According to a World Energy Council (WEC)-Accenture Strategy joint report released in February, the growth of unconventional gas is effecting structural changes on global gas markets and prices. The report discusses how a number of countries outside of the US have great potential for unconventional gas development, despite the present uncertain price environment (Fig. 1). Fig. 1. Unconventional gas promises to transform natural gas markets around the world. Image source: World Energy Council. If the burgeoning global unconventional gas sector is to grow into its full potential, however, then several interventions will be needed to relieve market unc