| The most common and conventional places where | | | | Natural gas companies play a very important role in |
| natural gas is produced is in gas and oilfields. There are | | | | the economy of the US. Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas |
| non-conventional sources also, such as coalfields. | | | | Transmission is one of these companies. The activities |
| However, the estimation is that conventional sources | | | | of KMIGT consist of processing, exchange, |
| produce about 94% of the existing natural gas. Two | | | | transportation and storage of natural gas. The states |
| thirds of the production is accounted to gas wells and | | | | in which this company performs one or more |
| the rest of the production comes from oil wells. | | | | operations are Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri |
| The estimation of the total output of the world | | | | and Wyoming. |
| reaches about 95 trillion cubic feet of gas, which is | | | | Kinder Morgan Trailblaizer Pipeline Company, a |
| supposed to last for more than 60 years. Due to the | | | | subsidiary of KMIGT, owns Kinder Morgan Pipeline. |
| common places where we can find gas sources, the | | | | This pipeline system is 436 miles long and starts from |
| countries that have the greatest natural gas resources | | | | Colorado, crosses through Southeastern Wyoming to |
| are also the ones with the most significant oilfields. Iran, | | | | Beatrice. The Kinder Morgan Pipeline provides natural |
| Russia and other Mid-eastern countries have the | | | | gas from Rocky Mountain for the markets that seek |
| largest fields, but natural gas sources are also existent | | | | natural gas in the Midwest and on the East Coast. |
| in countries that are oil-deficient like Australia, Argentina | | | | A useful tool for someone involved in drilling gas, |
| and Mexico. The US accounts for about 20% of the | | | | exploration of gas, or anything related to gas |
| production. | | | | production is a map. This will offer tremendous help in |
| Natural gas companies produce gas from inland and | | | | understanding utilization within the nation's interstate |
| offshore wells. The production of natural gas in the US | | | | pipeline system. You can find a map book that |
| is concentrated in the lower 48 states. The largest | | | | contains all the interstate pipelines in the US, including |
| producer of gas is Texas, and the largest producing | | | | the Kinder Morgan Pipeline, here, on The first of its kind, |
| field is the San Juan Basin. The total number of wells in | | | | this portable guide offers detailed and accurate maps. |
| the US is about 393 thousand. Texas has the greatest | | | | Other aspects this guide help you understand major |
| number of wells, approximately 68 thousand, but | | | | receipts and delivery points, flow directions on |
| Missouri, Arizona, Nevada and Maryland include a | | | | mainlines, system capacity and utilization. It also |
| rather negligible number of wells. | | | | explains the transportation pricing breaks across the |
| Natural gas companies have enhanced their production | | | | labeled pricing zones. For someone who works with or |
| through new drilling technologies and the estimation of | | | | for natural gas companies, features of this guide that |
| the extraction losses now reaches 3 percent of the | | | | may be useful are the total capacity, owners, |
| production. Hampering of the production can occur due | | | | operators and the total amount of miles of pipeline, the |
| to weather conditions. Hurricanes are the most feared, | | | | numbers of compressors and the horsepower of |
| because they can stop production in offshore fields | | | | each, and others. |
| and lead to the destruction of the transmission | | | | Natural gas companies provide 25 percent of the total |
| pipelines. One unfortunate incident occurred due to the | | | | energy in the US. Kinder Morgan Pipeline is one of the |
| hurricane Katrina, which disrupted the supply of natural | | | | most important components of the interstate pipeline |
| gas. | | | | system in US today. |