Exploration and Production of Natural Gas
in the United States

These pages provide an opportunity to use system dynamics to study the life cycle of a non-renewable resource.
Natural gas may be the most important source of energy in the United States today.
It has many traditional uses in homes and industries; it may emerge as an important fuel for clean vehicles (see chapter 20);
and it is the most popular fuel for new power generation (see chapter 23).

Let's begin with some historical background on this important resource.
Then we'll develop a simple model to help us understand its longevity.
The pages conclude with a description of a system dynamics model developed by Naill (1973).

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background
building a simple model | testing the simple model
Naill's Model | verifying Naill's results
introductory exercises | advanced exercises
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