000614456 000__ 03207cam\a2200325Ii\4500 000614456 001__ 614456 000614456 005__ 20210515052627.0 000614456 008__ 130429t20132014njuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\d 000614456 010__ $$a 2013940896 000614456 020__ $$a9780133353518$$qhardcover 000614456 020__ $$a0133353516$$qhardcover 000614456 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn841229521 000614456 035__ $$a614456 000614456 040__ $$aYDXCP$$beng$$erda$$cYDXCP$$dCDX$$dOCLCO$$dMTG$$dAMH$$dCUV$$dHF9$$dOKN$$dOCLCF 000614456 049__ $$aISEA 000614456 050_4 $$aTN880$$b.K65 2013 000614456 08204 $$a665.7$$223 000614456 1001_ $$aKolb, Robert W.,$$d1949- 000614456 24514 $$aThe natural gas revolution :$$bat the pivot of the world's energy future /$$cRobert W. Kolb. 000614456 264_1 $$aUpper Saddle River, New Jersey :$$bPearson Education,$$c2013. 000614456 264_4 $$c©2014 000614456 300__ $$axx, 280 pages :$$billustrations, maps ;$$c24 cm 000614456 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000614456 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000614456 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000614456 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-264) and index. 000614456 5050_ $$aChapter 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 -- Chapter 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 -- Unconventional Gas Resources and Production in the United States -- The U.S. Position in Natural Gas -- World Natural Gas Resources -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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? -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 6. The World's Other Large Economies -- Japan -- The Eurozone Economies: Germany, France and Italy -- Russian Federation -- United Kingdom -- India and Brazil -- Conclusion -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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. 000614456 650_0 $$aNatural gas. 000614456 650_0 $$aNatural gas$$xEnvironmental aspects. 000614456 650_0 $$aGas industry. 000614456 85200 $$bgen$$hTN880$$i.K65$$i2013 000614456 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:614456$$pGLOBAL_SET 000614456 980__ $$aBIB 000614456 980__ $$aBOOK