CERAWEEK-NextDecade CEO expects natural gas demand to keep growing at 2%

HOUSTON, March 11 (Reuters) - NextDecade Corporation NEXT.O CEO Matt Schatzman said on Tuesday he expects natural gas demand to continue to grow at around 2% for the next 15 years.

"When you look at natural gas demand over the last 15 years, I think it's grown by almost 2% fairly steadily. I expect it's going to continue to grow at around the same rate over the next 15 years," he said at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston.