january report / february forecast - cera private report title : when push comes to shove : natural gas demand resistance in a high
price environment
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record high natural gas prices in north america are leading market
participants
to wonder just how high prices can go . industrial end users and power
generators have already reduced demand a substantial amount  * lending crucial
restraint to price .
* by mid - january as much as 6 percent of market demand had already been forced
out , and somewhat more flexibility is available , if needed .
* the range of influences extends beyond interplay with oil markets  * to markets
for ammonia , methanol , and ethane , as well as for other manufactured products .
* the decisions being forced in the short term are likely to reverberate over
the long term and will affect the pace of growth toward a 30 tcf market .
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