How to Use natural gas in a Sentence

natural gas

noun
  • Coal will fall the most, oil will fall, and natural gas may or may not fall.
    Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But the industry has grown rapidly, and the U.S. is now the largest exporter of natural gas in the world.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Those gases come from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.
    Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Those gases come from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas.
    Seth Borenstein, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Check out for this smell If there is a natural gas smell in your home, Trouy said to call the fire department right away.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2023
  • For the week, natural gas finished up 9.1%, snapping a two-week losing streak.
    WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Threats of Cook Inlet natural gas shortages are not new.
    Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
  • Wind and solar power may not be able to scale fast enough, Blum writes, and new natural gas power plants will likely have to play a role.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Another 49% of the area’s power comes from natural gas.
    Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Idaho produces no coal, not much oil and less natural gas than all but seven states.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The group has its liquified natural gas arm to thank for its rousing 2022 performance.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The plant is in the process of converting from coal to a combination of natural gas and hydrogen.
    Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • He's heard too many stories about out-of-control fires at natural gas power plants.
    The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Hookups are available for sewer services, water and natural gas for the homes.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Still, it was forced to seek imports of more expensive natural gas in a bid to reduce pressure on its coal power fleet.
    Sudarshan Varadhan and Ashley Fang, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Idalia is expected to stay in the eastern Gulf, away from offshore oil and natural gas production.
    Time, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Consumers and businesses already felt the effects of surging natural gas and oil prices when the Russia-Ukraine war kicked off in 2022.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Hollman said that the sanctions stem from anonymous calls from concerned citizens about open-air flares from the burning of natural gas.
    Morgan Lee, Fortune, 30 June 2023
  • Pipes transporting natural gas cause thousands of explosions in the US each year.
    Gregory Barber, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Markets in many countries are keen to replace coal in their power systems with natural gas, which burns cleaner than coal.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But the land is only a way to justify who controls the waters: The South China Sea is among the world’s busiest fishing and trade hubs, and includes areas of untapped oil and natural gas.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
  • Outages from both storms were largely due to the failure of natural gas generators to come online.
    Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Customers with natural gas hookups will also receive a credit of $58.98 on their accounts.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Though red tape has been a factor, a significant drop in natural gas prices has driven down impact fee revenues in the state by $105 million last year.
    Anthony Hennen | The Center Square, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Yet there are other considerations that may keep you wedded to natural gas, at least for now.
    Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Qatar is one of the largest exporters of oil and natural gas and its domestic production accounts for almost all of its energy needs.
    Devika Rao, theweek, 30 Jan. 2024
  • McIntosh remembers rushing downstairs after the shaking stopped, and being hit in the face by natural gas from a broken line.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 2 July 2023
  • The company also is considering bringing on a new natural gas power plant to meet the rise in demand.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Sixty percent of the country's energy comes from fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • When a hot water faucet is turned on, cold water flows through a heat exchanger in the unit, and either a natural gas burner or an electric element heats the water.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023

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