Another source of natural gas
By By Joanna D. Underwood, Energy-Vision.
New Yorkers breathed a collective sigh of relief as they got the news the Cuomo administration would ban high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. But what will it mean for the state's energy sector?
There are modest reserves of conventional natural gas in New York, though production has fallen by more than 50 percent since 2008. So does the state really need its own robust natural gas production, and if not from fracking, could it come from some other source?
The answers are "yes" and "yes."