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"The gas industry worldwide is at a turning point in many respects: demand, market, trade, and supply."
Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe, principal gas expert, International Energy Agency
While open markets provide customers with choice and greater efficiency, market reform also changes the well-established business environment that has supported security of supply and raises new issues that policymakers and other stakeholders must address. Fundamentals of the Natural Gas Industry, 2005 is an essential publication for everyone who has a role to play in this exciting sector. More than 25 articles cover:
- Security of supply in open markets;
- Market trends - region by region around the world;
- LNG technology;
- Effective corporate governance;
- Gas hubs;
- The potential of unconventional supplies
- Natural gas, hydrogen and sustainability
- Regulation and gas storage; and
- Developments in pipeline detection systems
The book also contains numerous maps produced by Petroleum Economist's renowned cartographic department.
A superb collection of articles by leading industry executives from:
The International Energy Agency, Spain's Comision Nacional de Energa and Enagas, E.On Ruhrgas, RasGas, Qatargas, Australia's Department of Industry and Resources, the US Energy Information Administration, Deloitte Petroleum Services, Ernst & Young, Advantica, ABS technology, KBR, Datamonitor, Schlumberger, VNG, Nexant, and CMS Cameron McKenna
The major chapters in the book are:
- World markets;
- Regional profiles - Western Europe (three articles), Russia (two articles), the Middle East (three articles), North Africa, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin America, and The Caribbean and Central America;
- Health, safety and sustainability;
- Shipping and transportation;
- LNG and trading;
- Gas alternatives;
- Storage; and
- World gas maps
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Table of Contents:
Fundamentals of the World Gas Industry, 2005
World markets
1.1 Security of supply in open gas markets
Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe, principal gas expert, International Energy Agency
Regional profiles
2.1 Western Europe: Spain – thriving on competition
Jordi Dolader, commissioner, Comisión Nacional de Energía
2.2 Western Europe: Spain – growing to meet demand
Javier Alcaide, strategic planning and studies director, Enagás
2.3 Western Europe: Rising demand, falling output
Dieter Pfaff, vice-president, supply policy division, E.On Ruhrgas
2.4 Russia: Gazprom seeking new markets
Tom Nicholls, editor, Petroleum Economist
2.5 Russia: Regulating the world’s largest gas resources
David Griston, managing partner, CMS Cameron McKenna
2.6 Middle East: A new global strategy
Mostefa Ouki, manager, gas and upstream, Nexant
2.7 Middle East: Qatar – maximising the potential
RasGas
2.8 Middle East: Qatar – in the driving seat
Martin Rowland, shipping manager, Qatargas
2.9 North Africa: A wealth of opportunity
Tom Nicholls, editor, Petroleum Economist
2.10 West Africa: The dash for gas
Martin Clark, Petroleum Economist
2.11 Southeast Asia: Strength in numbers
Martin Clark, Petroleum Economist
2.12 Asia-Pacific: Australia – a premium location for investment
Jim Limerick, director general, Department of Industry and Resources, Western Australia
2.13 North America: Prospects for US gas supply
Guy Caruso, administrator, Energy Information Administration
2.14 Latin America: Nearly open for business
Mauro Andrade, manager, and Kenneth McKellar, group managing director, Deloitte Petroleum Services
2.15 The Caribbean and Central America: The Trinidad model
David Renwick, Petroleum Economist
Health, safety and sustainability
3.1 The long road to effective governance
Paul Meighan, director, energy, chemicals and utilities, and Bob Stein, chairman, global financial services, Ernst & Young
3.2 Charm: an airborne laser methane detection system
Werner Zirnig, E.On Ruhrgas, Matthias Ulbricht, Adlares, and Andreas Fix and Hans Klingenberg, German Aerospace Centre
Shipping and transportation
4.1 Protecting the pipelines
Russ Pride, solution consultant, Advantica
4.2 Classification society advances LNG technology
Hoseong Lee, staff consultant, ABS Technology
LNG and trading
5.1 LNG technology on the move: the only constant is change
Charles Durr, Chris Caswell, Linda Echterhoff, Don K Hill and David A Coyle, KBR
5.2 European gas hubs: sounds like a good idea
Mikhail Masokin and Andrew Hill, Datamonitor
Gas alternatives
6.1 Unconventional potential
Charles M Boyer II, principal consultant, Schlumberger
6.2 Natural gas, hydrogen, and sustainability
Onno Florisson, Gasunie, and Robert J Harris, Broadfern Consultants
Storage
7.1 Western Europe: The regulation battle
Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht, director portfolio management, VNG
7.2 North America: Poised for a new era
Kenneth L Beckman and Keith M Schultz, IGC
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