Vaclav Smil

Natural Gas (eBook, PDF)

Fuel for the 21st Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Natural gas is the world's cleanest fossil fuel; it generates less air pollution and releases less CO2 per unit of useful energy than liquid fuels or coals. With its vast supplies of conventional resources and nonconventional stores, the extension of long-distance gas pipelines and the recent expansion of liquefied natural gas trade, a truly global market has been created for this clean fuel. Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century discusses the place and prospects of natural gas in modern high-energy societies. Vaclav Smil presents a systematic survey of the qualities, origins, extraction, processing and transportation of natural gas, followed by a detailed appraisal of its many preferred, traditional and potential uses, and the recent emergence of the fuel as a globally traded commodity. The unfolding diversification of sources, particularly hydraulic fracturing, and the role of natural gas in national and global energy transitions are described. The book concludes with a discussion on the advantages, risks, benefits and costs of natural gas as a leading, if not dominant, fuel of the 21st century. This interdisciplinary text will be of interest to a wide readership concerned with global energy affairs including professionals and academics in energy and environmental science, policy makers, consultants and advisors with an interest in the rapidly-changing global energy industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119012856
• Artikelnr.: 43420131

Autorenporträt

Vaclav Smil
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba, Canada

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Valuable resource with an odd name
Methane's advantages and drawbacks
2 Origins and distribution of fossil gases
Biogenic hydrocarbons
Where to find natural gas
Resources and progression of reserves
3 Extraction, processing, transportation, sales
Exploration, extraction and processing
Pipelines and storages
Changing production
4 Natural gas as fuel and feedstock
Industrial uses, heating, cooling and cooking
Electricity generation
Natural gas as a raw material
5 Exports and emergence of global trade
North American gas system
Eurasian networks
Evolution of LNG shipments
6 Diversification of sources
Shale gas
Coal bed methane
Methane hydrates
7 Natural gas in energy transitions
Fuel substitutions and decarbonization of energy supply
Methane in transportation
Natural gas and the environment
8 The best fuel for the 21st century?
How far will gas go?
Shale gas prospects
Global LNG
Uncertain futures
References
Index