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[[Image:Worldwide distribution of Natural Gas Resources.jpg|left|thumb|400px|[http://www.sbc.slb.com/Our_Work/Energy_Expertise/CO2_Emissions_Clean_Energy.aspx Fig. 4 Worldwide distribution of Natural Gas Resources]]]

U.S. Energy Information Administration<nowiki>’</nowiki>s preview of its 2012 Annual Energy Outlook is the forecast for natural gas. EIA says that gas from shale and tight gas will account for 70 percent of the United States<nowiki>’</nowiki> overall natural gas supply in 2035. It is clearly visible from the Figure 5 that there<nowiki>’</nowiki>s been a surge in shale gas production since roughly 2005. The major reason for this surge in shale gas production is due to surge in new hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques, which helps in unlocking vast shale gas formations in states including Pennsylvania, North Dakota and Texas. And similar development is dawning in Ohio and other states too of North America.[http://www.google.co.in/imgres?q=U.S.+Energy+Information+Administration%E2%80%99s+preview+of+its+2012+Annual+Energy+Outlook&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1600&bih=675&tbm=isch&tbnid=FmqgvxL_8TNUGM:&imgrefurl=http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2012/02/01/ways-to-play-the-natural-gas-decline/&docid=9TO90YGRRzKPQM&imgurl=http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/wallstreet-research/charts/0112-NatGasProduction.png&w=488&h=387&ei=lSVrT-NAgrKsB8GciK4C&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=782&vpy=122&dur=384&hovh=141&hovw=178&tx=170&ty=108&sig=108151615596278607060&page=1&tbnh=141&tbnw=178&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0 '''EIA-Shale report]