Natural gas revolution : at the pivot of the world 's energy future.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolb, Robert W., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural gas.

Natural gas--Environmental aspects.

Gas industry.

Physical Description:

xx, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson Education, [2014]

Summary:

A natural gas revolution is transforming the global energy industry, redistributing economic and geopolitical power in stunning ways. New gas resources promise a massive economic stimulus, and the enrichment of human life worldwide-if we can manage their serious risks. Now, for the first time, Robert W. Kolb places "unconventional" natural gas in a broader context, explaining what it really means. He offers thoughtful, objective, and clear explanations of the technologies, their risks and advantages, and above all, their impact-on politics, global finance, the environment, and you. Book jacket.

Contents:

Plates 1

Plate 1 The Structure of Oil and Gas Reservoirs 1

Plate 2 The Natural Gas Resource Triangle 2

Plate 3 Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Plays in the United States 3

Plate 4 The Barnett and Eagle Ford Shale Formations 4

Plate 5 The Marcellus and Utica Shale Formations 5

Plate 6 The Bakken Shale Formation 6

Plate 7 The Process for Liquefying Natural Gas 7

Plate 8 The South Pars and North Fields of Qatar and Iran 8

Plate 9 The Shale Gas Basins of China 9

Plate 10 The Constricted Sea Lanes of the Middle East 10

Plate 11 The Constricted Sea Lanes of Southeast Asia 11

Plate 12 The South China Sea and Its Contested Regions: Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, and the Scarborough Shoal 12

Plate 13 Principal Shale Basins of Western Europe 13

Plate 14 The Nord Stream Pipeline 14

Plate 15 Pipelines of the Southern Corridor 15

Plate 16 Gas Fields of Southern South America 16

Plate 17 General Map of Central Asia 17

Plate 18 Major International Pipelines from Iran and Central Asia Eastward 18

Plate 19 Turkmenistan's Key Pipelines 19

Plate 20 Pipelines from the Caspian Sea Westward 20

Plate 21 Gas Fields of the Eastern Mediterranean 21

Plate 22 Gas Fields of Tanzania and Mozambique 22

Plate 23 The Monterey Shale 23

Plate 24 Typical Methane Hydrate Deposits 24

Plate 25 The Pressure and Temperature Interface for Methane Hydrates 25

Chapter 1 To the Brink of Innovation 27

World Energy-A Rapid Tour of the Past 200 Years 27

Hydrocarbons: From the Beginnings to Maturity 32

A Rude Awakening 34

U.S. Oil and Natural Gas at the Turn of the Millennium 35

Notes 41

Chapter 2 They Call It a Revolution 45

The Early History of Natural Gas 46

The Creation of Oil and Natural Gas 48

The Basics of Extraction, Production, and Completion 52

Hydraulic Fracturing 54

Horizontal Drilling 56

Contrasting Conventional and Unconventional Gas and Oil Production Techniques 58

Unconventional Gas Resources and Production in the United States 60

The U.S. Position in Natural Gas 64

World Natural Gas Resources 66

Notes 69

Chapter 3 Liquid Natural Gas and the World Gas Revolution 73

Creating and Shipping LNG 74

The LNG Industry 78

The LNG Infrastructure Today 83

The Potential for Exports of U.S. Natural Gas 88

LNG Pricing and Markets 94

Notes 98

Chapter 4 Environmental Costs and Benefits 101

Water Supply 102

Fracking Fluid 107

Hydraulic Fracturing and Aquifers 110

"Produced Water" 116

Air Quality and the Industry's Carbon Footprint 119

Physical Effects at the Earth's Surface 121

The Social Dimension 122

Conclusion: From Coal to Natural Gas or from Natural Gas to Coal? 124

Notes 127

Chapter 5 The United States and China 133

Energy in the United States and China 133

China's Shale Gas Resources 139

Energy Imports for China and the United States 143

The Geopolitical Dimension of Energy Imports 148

The Shale Gas Revolution and the Future of Energy Geopolitics 153

Notes 155

Chapter 6 The World's Other Large Economies 159

Japan 165

The Eurozone Economies: Germany, France, and Italy 167

Russian Federation 172

United Kingdom 178

India and Brazil 180

Conclusion 186

Notes 187

Chapter 7 The Other Contending Nations 191

Iran, Qatar, and Iraq 192

Central Asia and Turkey 197

The "Quiet Exporters" 202

Poland and Ukraine 204

Australia 207

The Eastern Mediterranean 209

Mozambique and Tanzania 211

Argentina 212

Conclusion 214

Notes 215

Chapter 8 The Next Energy Revolutions 221

The Shale Oil Revolution 221

The Bakken Play 223

The Eagle Ford in Texas 225

The Monterey Shale 227

The Tight Oil Effect 229

A Methane Hydrate Energy Revolution? 231

A Concluding Note 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0133353516

9780133353518

OCLC:

841229521