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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Plate 1 The Structure of Oil and Gas Reservoirs -- Plate 2 The Natural Gas Resource Triangle -- Plate 3 Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Plays in the United States -- Plate 4 The Barnett and Eagle Ford Shale Formations -- Plate 5 The Marcellus and Utica Shale Formations -- Plate 6 The Bakken Shale Formation -- Plate 7 The Process for Liquefying Natural Gas -- Plate 8 The South Pars and North Fields of Qatar and Iran -- Plate 9 The Shale Gas Basins of China -- Plate 10 The Constricted Sea Lanes of the Middle East -- Plate 11 The Constricted Sea Lanes of Southeast Asia -- Plate 12 The South China Sea and Its Contested Regions: Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, and the Scarborough Shoal -- Plate 13 Principal Shale Basins of Western Europe -- Plate 14 The Nord Stream Pipeline -- Plate 15 Pipelines of the Southern Corridor -- Plate 16 Gas Fields of Southern South America -- Plate 17 General Map of Central Asia. |
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Note continued: Plate 18 Major International Pipelines from Iran and Central Asia Eastward -- Plate 19 Turkmenistan's Key Pipelines -- Plate 20 Pipelines from the Caspian Sea Westward -- Plate 21 Gas Fields of the Eastern Mediterranean -- Plate 22 Gas Fields of Tanzania and Mozambique -- Plate 23 The Monterey Shale -- Plate 24 Typical Methane Hydrate Deposits -- Plate 25 The Pressure and Temperature Interface for Methane Hydrates -- ch. 1 To the Brink of Innovation -- World Energy -- A Rapid Tour of the Past 200 Years -- Hydrocarbons: From the Beginnings to Maturity -- A Rude Awakening -- U.S. Oil and Natural Gas at the Turn of the Millennium -- Notes -- ch. 2 They Call It a Revolution -- The Early History of Natural Gas -- The Creation of Oil and Natural Gas -- The Basics of Extraction, Production, and Completion -- Hydraulic Fracturing -- Horizontal Drilling -- Contrasting Conventional and Unconventional Gas and Oil Production Techniques. |
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Note continued: Unconventional Gas Resources and Production in the United States -- The U.S. Position in Natural Gas -- World Natural Gas Resources -- Notes -- ch. 3 Liquid Natural Gas and the World Gas Revolution -- Creating and Shipping LNG -- The LNG Industry -- The LNG Infrastructure Today -- The Potential for Exports of U.S. Natural Gas -- LNG Pricing and Markets -- Notes -- ch. 4 Environmental Costs and Benefits -- Water Supply -- Fracking Fluid -- Hydraulic Fracturing and Aquifers -- "Produced Water" -- Air Quality and the Industry's Carbon Footprint -- Physical Effects at the Earth's Surface -- The Social Dimension -- Conclusion: From Coal to Natural Gas or from Natural Gas to Coal? -- Notes -- ch. 5 The United States and China -- Energy in the United States and China -- China's Shale Gas Resources -- Energy Imports for China and the United States -- The Geopolitical Dimension of Energy Imports -- The Shale Gas Revolution and the Future of Energy Geopolitics. |
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Note continued: Notes -- ch. 6 The World's Other Large Economies -- Japan -- The Eurozone Economies: Germany, France and Italy -- Russian Federation -- United Kingdom -- India and Brazil -- Conclusion -- Notes -- ch. 7 The Other Contending Nations -- Iran, Qatar, and Iraq -- Central Asia and Turkey -- The "Quiet Exporters" -- Poland and Ukraine -- Australia -- The Eastern Mediterranean -- Mozambique and Tanzania -- Argentina -- Conclusion -- Notes -- ch. 8 The Next Energy Revolutions -- The Shale Oil Revolution -- The Bakken Play -- The Eagle Ford in Texas -- The Monterey Shale -- The Tight Oil Effect -- A Methane Hydrate Energy Revolution? -- A Concluding Note -- Notes. |
| Summary |
Robert W. Kolb reveals how new gas resources are transforming the global energy industry, redistributing economic and geopolitical power in stunning ways. Kolb's The Natural Gas Revolution explains the new promise of natural gas to stimulate economies and enrich human life -- and objectively assesses the major environmental risks that accompany fracking, horizontal drilling, and today's massive new LNG infrastructures. He places natural gas in broader context, clearly and carefully explaining what it will really mean to global economics, geopolitics, investors, the environment, and consumers. He explains the key technologies that have enabled access to huge new natural gas sources, and illuminates the remarkable implications of larger, more widely distributed, and more environmentally-friendly hydrocarbon resources. You'll find thoughtful and objective answers to questions such as: Will natural gas permit a more orderly transition to solar and other renewables? Will "fracking" and horizontal drilling poison the aquifers cities depend on for clean drinking water? Will "fracking" increase earthquake risks? Next, Kolb explains how the natural gas revolution is roiling world energy markets, predicts their response to today's wild price imbalances, and identifies surprising implications -- for example, a potentially faster transition to cleaner transportation. He concludes by identifying nations and regions that may achieve unexpected energy independence from current suppliers -- and even become exporters. This book will be indispensable to anyone interested in the latest developments in energy, international relations, and global business: citizens, investors, and policymakers alike. |
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Natural gas.
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Natural gas -- Environmental aspects.
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Gas industry.
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Gaz naturel. |
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Gaz naturel -- Aspect de l'environnement. |
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Gaz -- Industrie. |
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natural gas. |
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Gas industry |
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Natural gas |
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Natural gas -- Environmental aspects |
| ISBN |
9780133353525 (electronic bk.) |
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0133353524 (electronic bk.) |
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