**4. The impact of coronavirus on the U.S. gas industry**

The emergence of the coronavirus has had a dramatic impact on natural gas intake, but also on the values of companies operating in the natural gas market area. The authors project that the net loss to U.S. GDP from COVID-19 will range from \$3.2 trillion (14.8%) to \$4.8 trillion (23.0%) over a 2-year period for the scenarios conducted [6].

The example of giant drilling services provider Schlumberger shows how the pandemic has affected the company's stock value and workforce reductions [7]. The above was presented in **Figure 3**.
