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Mexico’s Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Could Be Its Achilles’ Heel • Apr. 16, 2025, 4:46 AM ET (New York Times)
U.S. Natural Gas Jumps as Markets Rebound on Tariff Relief • Apr. 9, 2025, 9:22 AM ET (Wall Street Journal)
About 1,000 households in Mangaluru using piped natural gas by GGL • Apr. 7, 2025, 6:03 AM ET (The Hindu)

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Also Known As methane gas • natural methane gas

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Arabian-Iranian basin oil fields
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gas pipelines from Russia to Europe
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