After 2006, Why Did the Cost of New Natural Gas

question 3

Multiple Choice

After 2006, why did the cost of new natural gas wells in the U.S. and Canada increase?

• A)The amount of natural gas being imported into the U.S.and Canada was increasing.
• B)The lowest cost sources of natural gas using standard production technologies had been exhausted.
• C)Government regulations on new natural gas production increased the cost of production.
• D)Natural gas production in other parts of the world decreased thereby increasing world-wide demand for natural gas.

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