HOUSTON, March 11 (Reuters) - NextDecade Corporation ( NEXT )

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.