Identify factors influencing the increasing use of natural gas energy, which is cheaper and environmentally friendly than energy resources such as coal and oil and increasingly preferred both in Turkey and in the world, preferences in Batman province is the main purpose of this study. For this purpose, a questionnaire was applied to 412 households in the center of Batman and statistical analysis was carried out with the data obtained from the surveys. As a result of the analysis, the following factors have been effective in choosing the use of natural gas: using of natural gas pollutes the environment less than wood-coal stoves and heating fuels, using of natural gas meets bathroom (hot water), kitchen (tube) and heating at the same time, natural gas is more reliable than other fuel types, no problems such as ash and soot as a result of the use of natural gas. On the other hand, it was observed that the factors such as the lack of natural gas energy to the building where the participants lived, the lack of a system to install natural gas, the cost of the boiler and the costless supply of winter fuel were effective in not choosing natural gas. In addition, it has been revealed that if natural gas becomes more widespread, it will be effective in the local development of Batman.