Natural gas: the facts
What is natural gas? Where does it come from? And what role does it play in everyday life? Get the facts here.
Natural gas
We are helping to meet growing global energy demand and limit CO2 emissions by producing more, cleaner-burning natural gas. Natural gas powers, heats and cools industries, homes and businesses; it fuels trucks and ships as an alternative to diesel and heavy fuel oil; and it goes into many everyday essentials.
In this section
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
We cool natural gas to make a liquid, shrinking its volume 600 times for easy shipping to distant markets.
LNG for transport
Liquefied natural gas can be a cost-competitive and cleaner fuel for heavy-duty road transport, shipping and industrial users.
Floating LNG
FLNG technology can tap into gas resources from underwater gas fields previously too challenging to reach.
Gas-to-liquids
Our gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology uses natural gas instead of crude oil to make liquid fuels, base oils for lubricants and other high-quality products.
Tight and shale gas
We are safely tapping into huge resources of natural gas, known as tight and shale gas, held deep inside rock.
Natural gas news and publications
Stay up-to-date with our latest natural gas news, films, stories and publications.
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Natural Gas: providing more and cleaner energy
This publication explains the critical role natural gas will play in the energy transition - in electricity generation, industry, the built environment and transport.
Shell launches LNG Outlook 2018
The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market grew by 29 million tonnes in 2017, according to Shell's LNG Outlook, which highlights trends and focuses on global supply and demand.