

An Awful Thing to Waste – The Push to Consume More Natural Gas Close to Where It’s Produced
There are two primary drivers for consuming more natural gas close to where it emerges from production wells.
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There are two primary drivers for consuming more natural gas close to where it emerges from production wells.
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