natural gas

They will support projects covering areas such as exploration, production and utilisation of natural gas, energy storage and cybersecurity

The country’s oil production is expected to increase by 1.3m barrels a day during that period

One of the projects being granted funding aims to enhance the potential for oil recovery

That was a result of higher energy consumption, which increased at nearly twice the average rate of growth since 2010

It could potentially represent between five trillion to eight trillion cubic feet of gas

It is abandoning its plan to replace three ageing gas plants – Scattergood, Haynes and Harbor – with newer technology

It is forecast to happen as increases in crude oil and natural gas production outpace growth in US energy consumption

Smithfield Foods will work with Dominion Energy to capture and use waste methane

It will cover the period from January 2017 to December 2022

It has continued to export more natural gas than it imports for five of the first six months in 2018