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Fundamentals of the World Gas Industry, 2008
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"This is an industry that has always responded to changing expectations and it must continue to do so." John Gass, president, Chevron Global Gas

The prospects for gas markets have changed dramatically over the past few years. International trade is experiencing a strong pull from established north Asian markets; fast-growing demand from emerging Asian markets; demand growth in the Atlantic basin; and the arrival of new players from Europe and North America.

These developments require greater trade flexibility in the market and greater interactions between the, until now, largely independent markets in the Atlantic and Pacific basins. Significantly, they also raise questions about how to guarantee supply security given increased demand.

Detailed analysis
Against this background, Fundamentals of the World Gas Industry, 2008 analyses how the gas industry is likely to develop. Its 30 articles examine new supplies, including unconventional sources of gas, hydrates, and coal-bed methane and evaluate likely demand in various markets around the world. It looks at pipelines – Nabucco and Nord Stream – as well as LNG, LPG, and gas-to-liquids. It covers financing, gas storage, the environment, and global warming. And there is more: world gas reserves and production statistics and a global gas map.

Expert authors
The authors are leading industry experts and Petroleum Economist journalists, so the writing is always clear and incisive.

It is essential reading for everyone with an interest in gas.
$532.00
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Table of Contents

Foreword

1.1 Responsible performance in the 21st century: a new imperative
John Gass, president, Chevron Global Gas

Regional review

2.1 Bontang LNG: roll-up, roll-up
Noel Tomnay, vice-president, global LNG consulting, and Andrew Pearson, senior LNG analyst, Wood Mackenzie

2.2 Japan: gas industry plays its part in fight against global warming
Haruki Takahashi, vice-chairman, the Japan Gas Association

2.3 Middle East: a critical transition
Mostefa Ouki, manager, oil and gas, Nexant

2.4 Mena potential
Warwick Knowles, senior economist, Middle East, Country Risk Services, Dun & Bradstreet

2.5 Getting the gas to Europe
Derek Brower, Petroleum Economist

2.6 Russia: more investment needed
Nadejda Victor, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University

2.7 Confidence for the future
Richard Borozdin, Petroleum & Royalties Division, Department of Industry & Resources,
Western Australia

2.8 North America: the future is LNG
Linda Doman, international energy analyst, Energy Information Administration

2.9 Mexico: new model needed
Holly Pattenden, and Rebekka Benzie, oil and gas analysts, Business Monitor International

Supply

3.1 Source rock becomes reservoir
Charles Boyer II, unconventional gas advisor, Schlumberger

3.2 Gas hydrate research advances
Robert Hunter, ASRC Energy Services, Scott Digert, BP Exploration (Alaska), Ray Boswell, US Department of Energy, and Timothy Collett, US Geological Survey

3.3 CBM: a large untapped resource
Keith Lough, chief executive, and Stephen Jewell, chief operating officer, Composite Energy

Gas management

4.1 Financing LNG in a risky market
Terry Newendorp, chairman and chief executive, Sophie Guiny, analyst, and William Clark, senior associate, Taylor-DeJongh

4.2 The Energy [R]evolution
Rochelle Mortier, business advisor – investment, Greenpeace International

Trading, transport, storage and shipping

5.1 Nord Stream: an optimal solution
Dirk von Ameln, permitting director, Nord Stream

5.2 Nabucco approaches crescendo
Reinhard Mitschek, managing director, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International

5.3 Storage: a key to supply security
Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht, member of the board, Verbundnetz Gas, president, Gas Storage Europe, and Gordon Gerisch, assistant

5.4 The storage market evolves
Kenneth Beckman, president, and Keith Schultz, gas-industry consultant, International Gas Consulting

5.5 Towards a true EU gas market
Nigel Harris, principal consultant and director, Kingston Energy Consulting

Markets and projects

6.1 LNG: the market evolves
Kathleen Eisbrenner, executive vice-president, global LNG, Shell Gas & Power International

6.2 Supply security from Sakhalin-2
Igor Ignatiev, director, corporate affairs, Sakhalin Energy Investment

6.3 GTL: an industry in the making
Malcolm Wells, communications manager, Sasol Chevron

6.4 Tanzania: pushing back frontiers
Anthony Reinsch, executive vice-president, and Geoff Cano, analyst, business development, Artumas Group

6.5 LPG: clean energy for a low-carbon world
James Rockall, managing director, World LP Gas Association

6.6 Flares: out of fashion, but not out
Alex Forbes, Petroleum Economist

7.1 World natural gas statistics and maps