Natural Gas. Clean, affordable and abundant energy to meet growing North American demand.

North America boasts a secure long-term supply of unconventional natural gas, an environmentally friendly resource coming into its own as the fuel of choice in a broad range of applications from heating homes, to transportation, to electrical generation. Encana’s Eric Marsh, Executive Vice-President, Natural Gas Economy, is leading a team dedicated to expanding the use of this less carbon-intensive, desirable energy option.

• natural gas produces up to 65 percent fewer emissions than coal per kilowatt hour and 25 percent fewer emissions than oil
• converting one heavy duty truck from diesel to natural gas is the pollution-reduction equivalent of removing as many as 325 cars from the road

• natural gas is 20 percent to 30 percent more affordable than gasoline based on 2009 prices
• on an energy-equivalent basis, abundant supplies of natural gas are available at less than half the price of a barrel of oil based on 2009 prices
• natural gas fueling consists mostly of infrastructure costs and not the fuel itself, meaning stable and reliable prices at the pump

• new drilling technologies have made enough domestically produced gas available to provide an estimated 100 years of supply in North America at current production rates
• natural gas is truly a North American solution which employs nearly 3.4 million people and provides countless other benefits through royalties and taxes

Imported oil from OPEC countries results in over $160 billion leaving North America annually.

That's why Encana is taking a leading role in natural gas advocacy and expanded use, especially in the transportation and power generation sectors. Natural gas is the clear energy choice in creating a secure and stable energy future.