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According to Lars Poulsen  <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>:

Looks up more, apparently Oklahoma also has cheaper natural gas, at
around $5 per thousand cubic feet, vs $13 (US average). Apparently
Oklahoma and Texas are among the top producers of natural gas in the US
(well, besides Pennsylvania; which also makes a lot).
...

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I wonder if this is because they are capturing "waste" methane at the
wellhead of fracked oil wells. I know thay used to consider methane
by-product at oil wellheads to be worthless waste, to be flared off
on-site, until EPA started fining them for the practice.

More likely it's limited transportation so they can't ship it to more
lucrative markets.  Prices all over the US are much lower than they are
in Europe and Asia because we can ship only limited amounts overseas
as CNG or LNG.  I expect the same issues apply in the US, people in
Boston would pay more but there's no way to get it there.

 

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