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...into the behavior of metals, chemicals and even living cells in what scientists call the microgravity of orbit, the familiar condition of weightlessness. Some student experiments will be carried up as well, probably as part of NASA'S so-called getaway specials, compact canisters as small as 1.5 cu. ft. that can be placed on a flight for as little as $3,000. One young man recently announced he intended to use such an experimental package to see if fruit flies breed in space. What will be next...
...region's biggest payoff will probably come in natural gas. Drillers are already having considerable success in tracking down uptapped pockets of the precious fuel. In 1978 the Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. struck gas in Mineral County, W. Va., with a well that gushed 10 million cu. ft. of the fuel per day. A year later, the company tapped into a second natural gas gusher producing 8.8 million cu. ft. daily. Such start-up production levels are comparable to major wells in gas-rich Louisiana and Oklahoma...
...homes, could sink gas wells and become largely self-sufficient for many of their energy needs. In some places, that is already happening. On the campus of Wells College, in the upstate New York farm town of Aurora, a single gas well is expected to produce 200,000 cu. ft. of gas per day, saving the institution about $34,000 yearly in energy costs...
...November 1978 was a complicated compromise between gas producers and consumers that set up 23 separate pricing categories for the fuel. All old gas-generally defined as that discovered prior to April 20, 1977-will reach a projected maximum price under controls of $1.60 to $1.90 per thousand cu. ft. in 1985. Gas discovered in subsequent years can be sold at higher prices, reaching a projected maximum of about $4.54 per thousand cu. ft. at the wellhead in 1985. From that date onward, any additional discoveries will fetch the prevailing world market price...
...result of the 1978 law has been a labyrinthine torture chamber for gas producers. Under some long-term supply contracts that were written many years ago and are still in force, many producers are being compelled to sell gas for less than 30? per thousand cu. ft., even though the current ceiling price is about $2.64 per thousand cu. ft. Meanwhile, foreign suppliers like Mexico and Canada earn $4.82 per thousand cu. ft. and $4.47 per thousand cu. ft., respectively, for the gas they ship to the U.S. market...