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
  • Oil and natural gas prices are both lower than a year ago.
    Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • And the natural gas it’s pulled from is dirty and full of other substances, too, so the plant has to purify it during the process.
    Yessenia Funes, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Oil and natural gas have made Qatar rich over the past half-century, and the World Cup is part of a coming-out spending spree.
    John Branch, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Most of us don’t know the price of natural gas or electricity.
    Nedra Rhone, ajc, 14 Dec. 2022
  • For the week, natural gas finished up 9.1%, snapping a two-week losing streak.
    WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Qatar is one of the world's biggest producers of natural gas.
    WSJ, 17 Jan. 2023
  • That was the biggest two-month gain of the 12 cities included in the report — largely because of natural gas costs.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The new record high price is due to the rising cost of natural gas, which the utility has passed on to customers dollar for dollar.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 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
  • Some of the dozens of firefighters who responded to the incident claimed to have smelled natural gas.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 June 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
  • Wind was up by 4 percent, while natural gas rose by 5 percent.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 July 2024
  • Using natural gas appliances in homes and businesses is a thing of the past.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
  • The war caused energy prices to soar, especially the cost of natural gas.
    Joseph E. Stiglitz, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Russia needs China to buy its natural gas and oil and keep its economy afloat in the face of Western sanctions.
    Lingling Wei, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2023
  • By 2027, the biggest source of the world's electricity will be solar power, followed by coal, natural gas and wind, the group said.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The production and transportation of natural gas can release large amounts of methane, not the burning of it.
    New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Shareholders have responded positively to Sawan’s focus on high-margin projects, suspecting an increase in natural gas demand in the years to come.
    Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 23 Oct. 2024
  • About 20% of the comprehensive plan will feature power generated from natural gas.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024

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