据Oil & Gas Journal网站5月8日华盛顿报道 美国洲际天然气协会基金会委托的一项研究表明，随着国家向低碳经济的过渡，天然气将继续在未来几十年的美国经济增长和未来能源中发挥关键作用。
美国州际天然气协会会长Donald F. Santa说：“正如这份研究报告所显示的，美国天然气将在未来几年内服务于国内和全球的需求。”
这项由Black & Veatch管理咨询公司进行的研究“天然气在向低碳经济过渡过程中的作用”全面分析了20年（2020-40年）内天然气和天然气基础设施在未来绿色经济中的作用。
它分析并比较了两种情况：一种代表政策举措和市场经济的平衡，另一种代表在旨在加速可再生燃料在发电中渗透的政策的强烈推动下的过渡。
研究表明，在这两种情况下，天然气在向绿色经济过渡过程中发挥着关键作用，但管道和其他输送系统仍然需要。
吴恒磊 编译自 Oil & Gas Journal
原文如下：
Study: Natural gas will play key role in energy future of US
Natural gas will continue to play a key role in America’s economic growth and overall energy future in the coming decades as the country makes a transition to a low-carbon economy, a study commissioned by the INGAA Foundation concluded.
“As demonstrated by this report, America’s natural gas will serve both domestic and global needs for many years to come,” said Donald F. Santa, president of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and its foundation.
Conducted by Black & Veatch Management Consulting, the study—“The Role of Natural Gas in the Transition to a Lower-Carbon Economy”—presents a comprehensive analysis of the future role of gas and gas infrastructure in a greener economy over a 20-year period (2020-40).
It analyzes and compares two scenarios: Gas plays a key role in a transition to a greener economy under both scenarios, and pipelines and other transmission systems will still be needed, the study indicated.