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Potential US rail strike threatens coal supply logistics, gas demand forecasts

September 15, 2022 Comments Off

Growing demand for natural gas in the US power sector is supporting record-high forecasts for year-long gas consumption, but a looming rail strike could drive up demand even further than previously expected if coal-by-rail supplies are interrupted. The US Energy Information Administration forecast in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook that US end users would consume 86.6 Bcf/d in gas across…