Towards sustainable development

The natural gas industry provides its product in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner by dedicating considerable efforts and resources to safe and careful operations. The natural gas industry will continuously improve its performance by using appropriate management systems, state-of-the-art technology, and best practices, to make the contributions towards a 'sustainable development', which society has assigned to it. Because of a projected rising energy demand, but also because of its high energy and environmental efficiency, natural gas demand is predicted to increase significantly. (R.P.)