At a recent breakfast conference focused on unconventional resources, the observation was made that unconventional gas will soon no longer be unconventional.As several speakers pointed out, in 2001 less than 1% of the nation’s gas supply came from unconventional gas resources, while today it is slightly under 20%.If projections prove correct, natural gas from shales and tight rocks will account for more than 50% of our supply by 2020, assuming the economics for gas improve.This, unfortunately, is the critical ingredient for expanding the role of natural gas and its potential to become the “silver bullet” of U. S. energy policy.

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