But some oil and gas producers could struggle if the added output comes on top of growing stockpiles of natural gas from shale rock formations and other unconventional sources that have recently exploded.

Imports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, are also seen rising as new projects come online around the world, threatening to drive supplies still higher.

Careful what you wish for
“We've found ourselves in the past few years, thinking, be careful what you wish for because it might come true. All the sudden we have gas everywhere now,” said Tyler Priest, director of global studies at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business.


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