International Update: Pipeline Construction & Market Trends Jeff Awalt | Executive Editor Global demand for natural gas and the infrastructure necessary to deliver it is set to keep growing over the next five years, with ongoing increases in demand across underdeveloped Asian economies and the continued development of international gas trade. Full-year 2018 data published in the International Energy Agency's (IEA) June Gas 2019 report show global natural gas demand grew 4.6 percent in 2018 - its fastest pace since 2010 - and accounted for nearly half of the total increase in 14 NOVEMBER 2019 | UConOnline.com primary energy consumption worldwide. Demand is projected to rise more than 10 percent to exceed 4.3 trillion cubic meters by 2024. Demand for crude and condensates, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and other liquids, meanwhile, are projected to grow at a slower 10 MMbpd before plateauing around 108 MMbpd in the 2030s, according to the BP's 2019 Energy Outlook, which projects growing demand from developing economies met by increased supplies mainly from the US and OPEC. Pipeline Activity Global installation activity and expenditure for onshore pipelines in the near-term is expected to be bolstered by a number of large pipelines in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Russia. The latest exclusive survey by Underground Construction and sister publications Pipeline & Gas Journal using Energy Web Atlas data indicated 145,353 miles of pipelines were planned or under construction worldwide at the start of 2019 - a 73 percent increase over surveyhttp://www.UConOnline.com