Introduction

The urgent call for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the petroleum sector in response to the challenges of climate change has given rise to a paradigm shift from carbon-intensive fossil fuel energy to low-carbon options. It has been confirmed that natural gas, as a less polluting energy source, has the potential to accelerate the global energy transition to the extent that it is used sustainably. While the ramifications of the energy transition for the global gas industry have received widespread scholarly attention, little has been said about the role of natural gas in the global ...