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WINTER 2014 Inside: 10 WASHINGTON UPDATE 21 COMMODITY REPORTS 14 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK NATURAL GAS ADDING TO U.S. DEMAND HOW GREEN IS YOUR ENERGY? EXPORTS Page 6 Page 18 PLUS A PUBLICATION OF ASA’s Industrial Piping Division
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10 WASHINGTON UPDATE
21 COMMODITY REPORTS
14 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
NATURAL GASADDING TO U.S. DEMAND
HOW GREEN IS YOUR ENERGY?
EXPORTSPage 6
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A PUBLICATION OF ASA’s Industrial Piping Division
winter 2014
3PVF OutlOOkwinter 2014
Features 6 IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Government Approves Gas Exports, Adding to U.S. Natural Gas Demand
18 rENEwabLES rEvISITEdHow Green is My Energy: Big Factor in Fuel Choice
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columns 4 CHAIRMAN’S LETTER
The rising popularity of natural gas may have positive effects on the economy.
10 WASHINGTON UPDATERecent actions in Congress may affect your business.
14 ECONOMIC OUTLOOKNatural gas is critical for power generation.
21 COMMODITy REPORTSHighlights from quarterly IPD commodity reports.
A PUBLICATION OF ASA’s INDUSTRIAL PIPING DIVISION
ON THE COVER: Tankers, similar to this one, are used to export LNG.
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Our seventh installment of PVF Out-look focuses on natural gas and fea-tures guest author Carol Freeden-thal, an energy consultant with
over 45 years of experience in natural gas, petroleum, electricity and other energy prod-ucts. In his article, Freedenthal reveals the promising growth that the liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets represent. The U.S. Depart-ment of Energy is awarding licenses to export this clean-burning, low-polluting fossil fuel, and the added demand on domestic sources is expected to have positive results for the economy. This would include the promotion of capital investment into infrastructure for both production and downstream facilities. These investments would financially affect segments of U.S. manufacturing, over-the-road and ocean-going transportation, export (liquefying) and import (regasification) facil-ities and the conversion of some coal-fired power generation plants.
In his recurring column, Economic Out-look, Morris Beschloss suggests that natural gas might be a surprising dynamic force in our country’s future energy and economic devel-opment. He writes that the key to achieving economic dominance is dependent upon how quickly facilities to convert LNG can be built. Perhaps even more intriguing is the potential for growth in onshore manufacturing of LNG byproducts, including polyethylene, nylon, rayon and an array of plastics with a variety of uses in consumer derivative products.
You may recall that our last issue of PVF Outlook provided some insight as to how renewable sources of energy might add or
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detract from the total domestic energy pic-ture. In a second feature article, Freedenthal revisits this topic and presents the case that despite all of the desire, promotion and incen-tives to adopt renewables, their penetration into the fuel markets is still a relatively low percentage, citing technological and economic reasons. Fossil fuels, given their availability, will have a place in the total energy equation for years to come, writes Freedenthal.
In his Washington Update column, Dan Hil-ton, the American Supply Association’s direc-tor of government affairs, provides a succinct review on how the change of operating rules in the U.S. Senate may potentially have dramatic consequences for those involved in the nation’s business community who will have to comply with regulations from the Environmental Pro-tection Agency, OSHA and National Labor Rela-tions Board. Hilton also provides insight into additional challenges due to a permissive U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, known as the D.C. Circuit Court, favor-able to the current administration.
Thank you for continuing to read PVF Outlook.
Sincerely,
Jay BazemoreChairman, Industrial Piping DivisionAmerican Supply AssociationVice PresidentJABO Supply CorporationHuntington, West Virginia
the sponsorships from these industrial PVF manufacturers fund, in part, a variety of programs and services that ASA member wholesaler-distributors consider valuable to help
maintain and strengthen relationships with their end-users and contractor customers.
The Rising Popularity of Natural Gas
The American Supply Association is the nation’s premier trade organization that benchmarks, forecasts, educates and advocates for distribu-tors and manufacturers in the PHCP and indus-trial/mechanical PVF industry. ASA monitors the pulse of the forces affecting their businesses and yours, which helps our members to con-stantly look ahead and ensure their customers have essential resources you need to succeed.
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