Natural Gas in Nontechnical Language

✍ Scribed by Rebecca L. Busby, Rebecca L. Busby

• Publisher: Pennwell Pub
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 190
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Based on educational material from the Institute of Gas Technology, this new nontechnical guide to the natural gas industry provides a balanced overview of the natural gas process from wellhead to burnertip, from exploration to end usage, while briefly addressing future trends, resources, and supply and demand. Readers will gain a general understanding of natural gas history and uses, exploration techniques, production and treating, pipelines, storage, transportation and marketing, economic and contractual issues, and regulatory issues."--Jacket. �Read more...

Abstract:

This guide to the natural gas industry provides readers with a balanced overview of the natural gas process, from wellhead to burnertip, from exploration to futures trading, while briefly addressing the latest issues of co-generation and other product use. �Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Origins and History of Natural Gas --
Exploration Principles, Tools, and Techniques --
Drilling, Production, and Processing --
Gas Transmission Pipeline Network --
Natural Gas Storage --
Gas Distribution Systems --
Uses for Natural Gas --
Regulation History of the Gas Industry --
Gas Marketing and Sales --
Future Supply and Demand for Natural Gas.

✦ Subjects

Natural gas. Aardgas. Gasinstallaties.