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Preface | |
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A Note on Energy Values and Conversions | |
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Plates | |
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The Structure of Oil and Gas Reservoirs | |
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The Natural Gas Resource Triangle | |
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Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Plays in the United States | |
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The Barnett and Eagle Ford Shale Formations | |
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The Marcellus and Utica Shale Formations | |
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The Bakken Shale Formation | |
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The Process for Liquefying Natural Gas | |
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The South Pars and North Fields of Qatar and Iran | |
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The Shale Gas Basins of China | |
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The Constricted Sea Lanes of the Middle East | |
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The Constricted Sea Lanes of Southeast Asia | |
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The South China Sea and Its Contested Regions: Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, and the Scarborough Shoal | |
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Principal Shale Basins of Western Europe | |
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The Nord Stream Pipeline | |
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Pipelines of the Southern Corridor | |
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Gas Fields of Southern South America | |
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General Map of Central Asia | |
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Major International Pipelines from Iran and Central Asia Eastward | |
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Turkmenistan's Key Pipelines | |
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Pipelines from the Caspian Sea Westward | |
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Gas Fields of the Eastern Mediterranean | |
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Gas Fields of Tanzania and Mozambique | |
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The Monterey Shale | |
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Typical Methane Hydrate Deposits | |
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The Pressure and Temperature Interface for Methane Hydrates | |
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To the Brink of Innovation | |
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World Energy-A Rapid Tour of the Past 200 Years | |
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Hydrocarbons: From the Beginnings to Maturity | |
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A Rude Awakening | |
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U.S. Oil and Natural Gas at the Turn of the Millennium | |
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Notes | |
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They Call It a Revolution | |
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The Early History of Natural Gas | |
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The Creation of Oil and Natural Gas | |
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The Basics of Extraction, Production, and Completion | |
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Hydraulic Fracturing | |
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Horizontal Drilling | |
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Contrasting Conventional and Unconventional Gas and Oil Production Techniques | |
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Unconventional Gas Resources and Production in the United States | |
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The U.S. Position in Natural Gas | |
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World Natural Gas Resources | |
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Notes | |
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Liquid Natural Gas and the World Gas Revolution | |
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Creating and Shipping LNG | |
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The LNG Industry | |
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The LNG Infrastructure Today | |
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The Potential for Exports of U.S. Natural Gas | |
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LNG Pricing and Markets | |
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Notes | |
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Environmental Costs and Benefits | |
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Water Supply | |
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Fracking Fluid | |
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Hydraulic Fracturing and Aquifers | |
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"Produced Water" | |
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Air Quality and the Industry's Carbon Footprint | |
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Physical Effects at the Earth's Surface | |
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The Social Dimension | |
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Conclusion: From Coal to Natural Gas or from Natural Gas to Coal? | |
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Notes | |
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The United States and China | |
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Energy in the United States and China | |
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China's Shale Gas Resources | |
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Energy Imports for China and the United States | |
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The Geopolitical Dimension of Energy Imports | |
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The Shale Gas Revolution and the Future of Energy Geopolitics | |
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Notes | |
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The World's Other Large Economies | |
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Japan | |
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The Eurozone Economies: Germany, France, and Italy | |
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Russian Federation | |
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United Kingdom | |
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India and Brazil | |
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Conclusion | |
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Notes | |
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The Other Contending Nations | |
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Iran, Qatar, and Iraq | |
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Central Asia and Turkey | |
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The "Quiet Exporters" | |
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Poland and Ukraine | |
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Australia | |
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The Eastern Mediterranean | |
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Mozambique and Tanzania | |
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Argentina | |
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Conclusion | |
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Notes | |
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The Next Energy Revolutions | |
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The Shale Oil Revolution | |
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The Bakken Play | |
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The Eagle Ford in Texas | |
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The Monterey Shale | |
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The Tight Oil Effect | |
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A Methane Hydrate Energy Revolution? | |
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A Concluding Note | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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Index | |