World Peak Gas
In 2002, R.W. Bentley (p. 189) predicted a global "decline in conventional gas production from about 2020."
The US Energy Information Administration predicts that world gas production will continue to increase through 2030, with a total increase of almost 50%, and an average annual rate of increase of 1.6% per year, for the 2006-2030 period.
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