Charles River Associates announced that consultants in the firm’s Energy Practice released the report “US Manufacturing and LNG Exports: Economic Contributions to the US Economy and Impacts on US Natural Gas Prices.” CRA was retained by The Dow Chemical Company to examine the economic trade-offs between LNG exports and manufacturing in the US economy.
The report focuses primarily on the anticipated growth in the gas-intensive manufacturing industry and how it may contribute to GDP, employment and the trade balance relative to LNG exports. The report finds the following:
“CRA is pleased to lend its energy economics expertise to the national evaluation of US LNG exports,” said CRA’s President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Maleh . “Consultants in our Energy Practice employed our advanced, proprietary gas and electricity models, combined with additional economic tools, to produce a valuable contribution to the LNG export debate.”
CRA’s project team was led by consultants in the Energy Practice, including report co-authors Ken Ditzel, Jeff Plewes and Bob Broxson.
The report is available on CRA’s website.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, March 11, 2013