SUGAR LAND--June 27, 2019--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The global natural gas industry had a "bonanza" year in 2018, both from a production and consumption perspective, Spencer Dale, group chief economist for BP Plc (NYSE:BP) (London, England), said earlier this month in releasing the oil giant's 68th annual statistical review of world energy. And the U.S. was at the center of both production growth and demand growth, he added.

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