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| | United States Country Analysis Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17) |
 | | According to the MMS states, "Of the 4,000 structures and 33,000 miles of pipelines in the gulf....150 platforms and 10,000 miles of pipelines were in the direct path of Hurricane Ivan. |
 | | Natural gas is consumed in the United States mainly in the industrial (37%), electric power (23%), residential (22%), and commercial (14%) sectors. |
 | | U.S. natural gas consumption and imports, overwhelmingly from Canada -- and to a far lesser extent from Trinidad, Algeria, Qatar, and others in the form of LNG -- are expected to expand substantially in coming decades, with the fastest volumetric growth resulting from additional natural-gas-fired electric power plants. |
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