gas more generously, while countries with scarce or lacking resources tend to be more economical. Despite the considerable findings, the predicted availability of the natural-gas reserves has hardly changed. Applications of natural gas Fuel for industrial heating and desiccation process Fuel for the operation of public and industrial power stations Household fuel for cooking, heating and providing hot water Fuel for environmentally friendly compressed or liquid natural gas vehicles Raw material for chemical synthesis Raw material for large-scale fuel production using gas-to-liquid (GTL) process (e.g. to produce sulphur-and aromatic-free diesel with low-emission combustion) See also Natural gas prices Petroleum extraction Oil refinery List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States References External links Simulate natural gas processing using Aspen HYSYS Natural Gas Processing Principles and Technology (an extensive and detailed course text by Dr. A.H. Younger, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Processing Natural Gas, Website of the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA). Natural Gas Processing (part of the US EPA's AP-42 publication) Natural Gas Processing Plants (a US Department of Transportation website) Gas Processors Association, Website of the Gas Processors Association (GPA) headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Gas Processing Journal (Publisher: College of Engineering, University of Isfahan, Iran.) Increasing Efficiency of Gas Processing Plants Further reading Haring, H.W. (2008). Industrial Gases Processing. Weinheim, Germany: WILEY-VCH Verlag Gmbh & CO. KGaA Kohl, A., & Nielsen, R. (1997). Gas Purification. 5TH Edition. Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Company Chemical processes Natural gas technology Gas technologies