Natural gas market review 2006 towards a global gas market
Natural gas is essential to the world economy. Gas now accounts for almost a quarter of OECD primary energy requirements and is expected to become the second most important fuel in the world in the next decade. Industrial and residential consumers increasingly rely on natural gas to keep their hous...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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OECD/IEA
2006.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009704851406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Foreword; CONTENTS; Table of contents; Executive summary; Point of departure; Three regions dominate natural gas trade; Gas is transported through pipelines and as LNG; Gas consumption; Units; Recent events; Hurricanes in North America; Russia/Ukraine gas dispute; High prices in the United Kingdom; Supply tightness in Italy; Global supply and demand; Reserves and production; Gas demand; International trade; Gas for power generation; Share of gas-fired power generation; Gas demand for power generation; Competitive power markets; Liquefied natural gas
- Growth in the LNG industryDemand in Asia-Pacific; Demand in the Atlantic Basin; LNG supply; Political risks; Gas-to-liquids; Production and use of GTL; Current and projected GTL capacity; Market potential and outlook; Investment in the gas sector; General trends in gas sector investment; Review of major pipeline investments; Review of LNG investments; Review of investments in gas-fired electricity generation; Gas prices and market design; Introduction to price formation; Price volatility; Supply response to gas prices; Demand response to gas prices; Price convergence between the regions
- RegulationIntroduction; Policies to encourage resource development; Liberalisation of markets; Individual country focus; Introduction; Canada; Russia; China; India; Indonesia; Algeria; Storage; The functions of gas storage; Demand management; Aspects of storage; Types of storage; Use of various storage types; Strategic gas storage; Storage development in OECD regions; Annex A: Liquefaction projects; Annex B: Abbreviations and acronyms
