The present article is part of research in development, together with the USP/IEE, UFMS and UCDB universities, the aim of which is to identify and to analyze qualitatively and quantitatively the decisive factors for the use of natural gas from local development in the ceramist industries of Mato Grosso do Sul. Natural gas is not used yet as an alternative source of energy on a large scale in the State. It can be considered as one of the results of the valorization of socioeconomic policies, of the local culture and of the environment, preserved as part of the local identity of the human being in his improvement of life quality.
natural gas; ceramics; local development