Overview

The security of energy supplies is important to modern societies if they are to avoid shortages and maintain stable prices. In terms of natural gas supplies, this confers strategic importance on having more than one supplier and more than one transport route. This strategic requirement has implications for political issues, international law, economics, and science and technology. This volume discusses the transport and handling of natural gas from remote regions and pipelines routed through third-party - transit - countries. Strategic reserves and the broad issue of energy management are also considered. Since pipelines are vulnerable to sabotage and terrorists activity, the social and political stability of the countries through which the pipelines pass are obviously key issues. It is thus mandatory that the transit countries can use their compensation payments to improve their social stability. The book paints the issues with a broad brush and represents a key information resource on science, technology, strategic and geopolitical issues, and key opportunities related to reservoir geology and cryogenic research.

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Author:   Jens Hetland ,  Teimuraz Gochitashvili
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2004 ed.
Volume:   149
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.750kg
ISBN:  

9781402020766

ISBN 10:   1402020767
Pages:   419
Publication Date:   29 June 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Current Status of Producer Countries and Conditions for the Transit of Natural Gas.- Prospects of the Caspian Natural Gas Supply to Europe and Probable Impact on the Energy Security of Transit Countries.- Power System Situation Autumn-Winter 2002–2003 and Aspects of Energy Security in Georgia.- Current Status of Natural Gas Sector.- Italian Experience Pertaining to Natural Gas in Transportation and Development; Rationale for the Italian Involvement in a Tratsit Country.- Modern Technologies.- State of the Art in Liquefaction Technologies for Natural Gas.- On the Relevance of Integrating LNG with the Energy Supply Systems of Transit Countries.- Russian Gas Supply and Some Prospects of Small Scale LNG Units.- Strategic Reserves and Geological Survey.- Up-to-Date Researches and Future Trends in Underground Gas Storage Facillties: A State of the Art Review.- Underground Gas Storage in Georgia.- Underground Gas Storage: Planning and Modeling with Simsim, a New Reservoir Engineering Software Tool.- Assessment Studies for the Creation of Underground Gas Storage Facilities in Georgia.- Geotechnical Survey Optimization for Pipeline Construction in High Mountainous Regions.- Economics and Legislative Aspects of Gas Transport and Geopolitics.- Prospects for Gas Supply and Demand and Their Implication with Reference to Transit Countries and Their Policy.- Impacts of the European Gas Directive on Gas Exporters.- The Impediments to Establish an Energy-Regime in Caucasia.- Gazprom in Georgia.- Other Aspects of Pipeline Transportation.- Fossil Fuels Long Distance Pipeline Transport.- Logical Basis, Logistics and Architecture of Modular Systems.- Some Aspects of Reliability of Gas Mains.- Recommendations and Conclusions.- Co-Directors Summary of Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.

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