sr oiaf 2001 06 us natural gas markets mid term prospects for supply december energy information administration office of integrated analysis and forecasting department washington dc 20585 this report was prepared by the independent statistical analytical agency within contained herein should be attributed to not construed as advocating or reflecting any policy position other organization service reports are upon special request based on assumptions specified requester preface april 25 secretary spencer abraham asked administra tion conduct two studies north american natu ral market in view public concern about tight supplies volatile prices regional price disparities that were experienced during winter 2000 first study recent trends future examined causes high it released may concluded