Reportlinker Adds the Future of the Natural Gas Industry to 2015

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The Future of the Natural Gas Industry to 2015

Summary

This report covers the global natural gas industry with information on
historical and forecast production of natural gas by country and leading
companies to 2015. The report provides an in-depth analysis of natural gas
production based on existing government regulations and future demand trends.
The report also provides analysis of trends, drivers, and challenges to the
natural gas industry in Asia- Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, North
America, South and Central America. The leading players in global natural gas
industry and their investment opportunities and challenges are also examined.
The company analysis includes survival strategies and factors that will
differentiate leading oil and gas companies companies from others to 2015.

Scope

- Analysis of key issues and challenges for natural gas producing companies in
Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, North America, South and Central
America.

- Natural Gas - global consumption versus production capacity.

- Natural gas storage across different regions in the world.

- Natural gas transportation - pipelined natural gas and LNG.

Reasons to buy

- Identify the most profitable regions and markets to operate in by benchmarking
the various regions on production and consumption of natural gas

- Understand the threats and opportunities in the global natural gas industry,
and fine tune strategies to exploit the underlying trends

- Understand the changing demand for natural gas to anticipate and create
products ahead of the competition

- Be well prepared to operate in the era of price volatility by understanding
the impact of changing prices of natural gas

- Be well prepared to address the upcoming environmental legislations and devise
ways to exploit the situation.

Keywords

Natural Gas production, Gas Flaring, LNG, Gas Pipelines, Gas Processing Plants,
Condensates, Natural Gas Liquids, Gas fired power plants, underground gas
storage, peak shaving facilities, working gas capacity, base gas capacity,
regasification terminals, liquefaction terminals

1 Table of Contents

2

1.1 List of Tables 6

1.2 List of Figures 8

2 Executive Summary 9

2.1 Global Natural Gas Industry - Current Scenario 9

2.2 Global Natural Gas Industry - Key Trends 9

2.2.1 Decreasing Natural Gas Drilling Activity 9

2.2.2 Increasing Natural Gas Inventories and Storage 9

2.2.3 Increasing Natural Gas Usage in Developing Economies will Revive Demand by
2010 10

2.2.4 Global Gas Cartel Proposed by Russia, Qatar and Iran Might Increase Gas
Prices Worldwide 10

2.2.5 The LNG Trade Movements will Witness a Shift by 2015 10

2.2.6 Lower Cost of Transportation will Remain the Key Competitive Advantage of
the Natural Gas Pipeline Industry 11

3 Global Natural Gas Industry 12

3.1 Global Natural Gas Industry, An Overview 12

3.1.1 Emerging Natural Gas Markets 15

3.2 Global Natural Gas Industry, Key Issues 17

3.2.1 Declining Demand for Natural Gas 17

3.2.2 Dip in Natural Gas Prices 17

3.2.3 The Prospective Emergence of Gas Cartels 17

3.2.4 Political and Tariff Disputes Coupled with Global Economic Meltdown
Delaying Major Planned Gas Pipelines 18

3.2.5 The Transition towards Unconventional Natural Gas Sources 22

4 Natural Gas Value Chain 23

4.1 Exploration 23

4.2 Extraction 23

4.3 Production 23

4.4 Transportation 23

4.5 Storage 24

4.6 Distribution 24

4.7 Marketing 24

4.8 Impact of Current Financial Crisis on Different Elements across the Natural
Gas Value Chain 24

4.9 Major Players and Markets across the Entire Value Chain 25

5 Natural Gas Reserves, Exploration and Production 26

5.1 Overview 26

5.2 World Natural Gas Reserves by Region 27

5.3 World Natural Gas Production By Region 28

5.4 Top Five Countries Worldwide by Natural Gas Reserves 29

5.4.1 Overview 29

5.4.2 Russian Federation 30

5.4.3 Iran 30

5.4.4 Qatar 31

5.4.5 Saudi Arabia 31

5.5 Reserves, Production and Exploration Details of Major Natural Gas Companies
32

5.5.1 Introduction 32

5.5.2 ExxonMobil Corporation 35

5.5.3 BP Plc 35

5.5.4 Chevron Corporation 36

5.5.5 Royal Dutch Shell Plc 37

5.5.6 Total S.A 37

6 Natural Gas Transportation 39

6.1 Overview 39

6.2 Natural Gas Pipelines 40

6.2.1 Introduction 40

6.2.2 Current Scenario 40

6.2.3 Major Concerns 41

6.2.4 Key Trends 41

6.2.5 Major Regions, Countries and Players 43

6.3 LNG 55

6.3.1 Introduction 55

6.3.2 LNG in Asia Pacific 57

6.3.3 LNG in Middle East and Africa 59

6.3.4 LNG in North America 60

6.3.5 LNG in South and Central America 62

6.3.6 LNG in Europe 64

6.3.7 LNG Industry- Contracted Capacity and Trade Flows 2000-2015 67

7 Natural Gas Storage 76

7.1 Introduction 76

7.2 Major issues in Global Underground Gas Storage Industry 76

7.2.1 Global Underground Gas Storage Industry, Major Trends 76

7.2.2 Global Underground Gas Storage Industry, Key Drivers 76

7.2.3 Global Underground Gas Storage Industry, Primary Challenges 77

7.3 Major Gas Storage Countries and Players 77

8 Natural Gas Consumption 80

8.1 Introduction 80

8.2 Residential Customers 83

8.3 Industrial Customers 83

8.4 Commercial Customers 84

8.5 Transportation Customers 86

8.5.1 The Rationale for Natural Gas Vehicles 86

8.5.2 Users of Natural Gas Powered Vehicles 87

8.6 Electricity Generation Customers 87

8.6.1 Distributed Generation 88

8.6.2 Industrial Natural Gas Fired Turbines 89

8.6.3 Microturbines 89

8.6.4 Gas Fired Reciprocating Engines 89

8.6.5 Fuel Cells 89

9 Unconventional Natural Gas Sources 90

9.1 Coalbed Methane 90

9.2 Gas Shale 90

9.3 Methane Hydrates 92

9.4 Tight Natural Gas 93

9.5 Deep Natural Gas 94

9.6 Future Prospects of Unconventional Natural Gas 94

10 Outlook for Natural Gas Industry till 2015 95

10.1 Industrial Demand for Natural Gas Will Increase Manifold by 2015 95

10.2 The European Union will reduce its Dependence on Russian Natural Gas 95

10.3 Natural Gas Cartel of Russia, Qatar and Iran Might Alter the Dynamics of
the Global Natural Gas Market 95

10.4 The Global LNG Industry Will Witness a Supply Crunch by 2015 96

10.5 There Will be a Shift in LNG Trade Movements by 2015 96

11 Appendix 97

11.1 Methodology 97

11.1.1 Coverage 97

11.1.2 Secondary Research 98

11.1.3 Primary Research 98

11.1.4 Expert Panel Validation 98

11.2 Unit of Measure 99

11.3 Contact Us 99

11.4 About Global Markets Direct 99

11.5 Disclaimer 99

1.1 List of Tables

Table 1: Global Natural Gas Industry, Key Statistics, 2008 12

Table 2: Classification of Fossil Fuels by Emissions (Pounds per Billion British
Thermal Unit/Btu of Energy Input) 13

Table 3: Global Proved Natural Gas Reserves by Region (Tcf), 2008 14

Table 4: Natural Gas Reserves and Production by Region, 2008 26

Table 5: Natural Gas Reserves, Production and Consumption by Countries, 2008 29

Table 6: Reserves and Production Details of Natural Gas Majors, 2008 33

Table 7: ExxonMobil Corporation, Reserves, Production, 2000- 2008 35

Table 8: BP Plc, Reserves, Production, 2000- 2008 35

Table 9: Chevron Corporation, Reserves, Production, 2000- 2008 36

Table 10: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Reserves, Production, 2000- 2008 37

Table 11: Total S.A, Reserves, Production, 2000- 2008 38

Table 12: Asia-Pacific, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipelines/ Pipeline Systems,
2008 43

Table 13: Europe, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipelines/ Pipeline Systems, 2008 45

Table 14: Middle East and Africa, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipelines/ Pipeline
Systems, 2008 48

Table 15: North America, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipelines/ Pipeline Systems,
2008 50

Table 16: South and Central America, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipelines/
Pipeline Systems, 2008 53

Table 17: Global LNG Liquefaction and Regasification Capacities (Million
Tonnes), 2000- 2015 55

Table 18: Asia Pacific, LNG Liquefaction and Regasification Capacities (Million
Tonnes), 2000- 2015 57

Table 19: Asia Pacific, Liquefaction Capacity of Top Five Companies (Million
Tonnes), 2000-2015 58

Table 20: Asia Pacific, Regasification Capacity of Top Five Companies (Million
Tonnes), 2000-2015 58

Table 21: Middle East and Africa, LNG Liquefaction Capacity (Million Tonnes),
2000- 2015 59

Table 22: Middle East and Africa, Liquefaction Capacity of Top Five Companies
(Million Tonnes), 2000-2015 60

Table 23: North America, LNG Liquefaction Capacity (Million Tonnes), 2000- 2015
61

Table 24: North America, Liquefaction Capacity of Top Companies (Million
Tonnes), 2000-2015 61

Table 25: North America, Regasification Capacity of Top Five Companies (Million
Tonnes), 2000-2015 62

Table 26: South and Central America, LNG Liquefaction and Regasification
Capacity (Million Tonnes), 2000- 2015 63

Table 27: South and Central America, Liquefaction Capacity of Top Five Companies
(Million Tonnes), 2000-2015 64

Table 28: South and Central America, Regasification Capacity of Top Five
Companies (Million Tonnes), 2000-2015 64

Table 29: Europe, LNG Liquefaction and Regasification Capacity (Million Tonnes),
2000- 2015 65

Table 30: Europe, Regasification Capacity of Top Five Companies (Million
Tonnes), 2000-2015 65

Table 31: Europe, Liquefaction Capacity of Top Five Companies (Million Tonnes),
2000-2015 66

Table 32: Global Long-Term LNG Contracts, Contracted Capacity (Million Tonnes),
2000-2015 67

Table 33: Top 5 LNG Exporters by Long-Term LNG Contracted Capacity (Million
Tonnes), 2008 68

Table 34: Top 5 LNG Importers by Long-Term LNG Contracted Capacity (Million
Tonnes), 2008 69

Table 35: LNG Trade Flow (Million Tonnes) by Long-Term LNG Contracted Capacity,
Top 5 LNG Importers and Exporters, 2008 70

Table 36: Top 5 LNG Exporters by Long-Term LNG Contracted Capacity (Million
Tonnes), 2015 72

Table 37: Top 5 LNG Importers by Long-Term LNG Contracted Capacity (Million
Tonnes), 2015 73

Table 38: LNG Trade Flow (Million Tonnes) by Long-Term LNG Contracted Capacity,
Top 5 LNG Importers and Exporters, 2015 74

Table 39: World, Top 10 Natural Gas Consuming Countries, 2008 81

Table 40: Global Natural Gas Consumption, Share (%) by Region, 2000-2008 82

1.2 List of Figures

Figure 1: Global Primary Energy Use by Fuel Type, 2000-2030, Quadrillion Btu 13

Figure 2: Global Proved Natural Gas Reserves by Region (Tcf), 2008 14

Figure 3: Pipeline Route, Iran - Pakistan - India Gas Pipeline 19

Figure 4: GALSI Natural Gas Pipeline Route Map 20

Figure 5: Nabucco Natural Gas Pipeline Route Map 21

Figure 6: World Proven Natural Gas Reserves by Region, Trillion Cubic Feet,
2000- 2008 27

Figure 7: World Natural Gas Production by Region (Billion Cubic Feet), 2000-
2015 28

Figure 8: Global Natural Gas Reserves, Percentage Share of Top 5 Countries (%),
2008 29

Figure 9: Global Natural Gas Reserves, Percentage Share of Major Natural Gas
Companies (%), 2008 33

Figure 10: Global Natural Gas Production, Percentage Share of Major Natural Gas
Companies (%), 2008 34

Figure 11: Transportation Costs, LNG vs. Pipelines 39

Figure 12: Global, Planned Natural Gas Pipeline Projects (Kms), 2009-14 41

Figure 13: Asia-Pacific, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipeline Companies, 2008 44

Figure 14: Europe, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipeline Companies, 2008 46

Figure 15: Middle East and Africa, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipeline Companies,
2008 49

Figure 16: North America, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipeline Companies, 2008 51

Figure 17: South and Central America, Top 10 Active Natural Gas Pipeline
Companies, 2008 54

Figure 18: Global LNG Liquefaction and Regasification Capacities (Million
Tonnes), 2000- 2015 56

Figure 19: LNG Trade Movements Based on Long-term LNG Supply Contracts (Million
Tonnes), 2008 71

Figure 20: LNG Trade Movements Based on Long-term LNG Supply Contracts (Million
Tonnes), 2015 75

Figure 21: Global Underground Gas Storage Capacity by Country (MMcf), 2008 78

Figure 22: Global Underground Gas Storage Capacity by Company (MMcf), 2008 79

Figure 23: Global Natural Gas Consumption by Sectors (Tcf), 2005-2030 80

Figure 24: Global Natural Gas Consumption by Regions (Tcf), 2005-2030 81

Figure 25: Global Natural Gas Consumption, Share (%) by Region, 2000 vis-à-vis
2008 82

Figure 26: Shale Gas Reserves in the US, November 2008 91

Figure 27: Shale Gas Reserves in Canada 92

Figure 28: Global Estimated Methane Hydrates Reserves 93

Figure 29: Global Markets Direct Methodology 97

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