A few year ago a shortage of natural gas drove prices sky high. Likewise, gasoline process rose when demands exceeded supplies. A glut in the oil market drove prices bank down. The law of supply and demand functioned according to textbook description in the case of oil, but the situation is otherwise in the current natural market. Natural gas consumers are finding their heating bills more of a burden than last year, in spite of a dramatic increase in supplies. There is so much natural gas available that many suppliers are closing down their plants for lack of a market, and rumoured that some suppliers are even burning off their surplus gas.