The authors are leading industry experts and Petroleum Economist journalists, so the writing is always clear and incisive. Topics covered include:
§ The supply and demand picture from around the globe
§ Co-operation in the Asian gas sector
§ The prospects for a single European gas market
§ Gas developments in the Middle East
§ The trading revolution in Canada
§ The limits to growth in the LNG trade
§ Competition with other fuels
§ Security of supply
§ Project financing
§ GTL, LNG, CNG, CMB methanol, storage and more
The book also contains gas world gas reserves and production statistics and a series of global gas maps showing the location of the world's reserves.
Contributors come from:
Shell, the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Chevron Global Gas, Petroleum Economist, Natural Resources Canada, the Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas, Gaffney, Cline & Associates, the IEA, the EIA, the IGU, American Gas Association and DTE Energy, Gasunie, Penspen, The UK Department of Industry, Metrogas, Chatham House, Datamonitor, Wood Mackenzie, ING Wholesale Banking, CE Delft consultancy, Johnson Matthey Catalysts, ILEX Energy Consulting, APX Group, ABB Lummus Global, Stanford University, and E.On Ruhrgas.
112 pages