Natural Gas

Fuel for the 21st Century

Vaclav Smil (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada)

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English

John Wiley & Sons Inc
04 September 2015

Gas industries; Economic geology

Natural gas is the world’s cleanest fossil fuel; it generates less air pollution and releases less CO2 per unit of useful energy than liquid fuels or coals. With its vast supplies of conventional resources and nonconventional stores, the extension of long-distance gas pipelines and the recent expansion of liquefied natural gas trade, a truly global market has been created for this clean fuel.

Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century discusses the place and prospects of natural gas in modern high-energy societies. Vaclav Smil presents a systematic survey of the qualities, origins, extraction, processing and transportation of natural gas, followed by a detailed appraisal of its many preferred, traditional and potential uses, and the recent emergence of the fuel as a globally traded commodity. The unfolding diversification of sources, particularly hydraulic fracturing, and the role of natural gas in national and global energy transitions are described. The book concludes with a discussion on the advantages, risks, benefits and costs of natural gas as a leading, if not dominant, fuel of the 21st century.

This interdisciplinary text will be of interest to a wide readership concerned with global energy affairs including professionals and academics in energy and environmental science, policy makers, consultants and advisors with an interest in the rapidly-changing global energy industry.

By: Vaclav Smil (University of Manitoba Winnipeg Canada)
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN: 9781119012863
ISBN 10: 1119012864
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 04 September 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Vaclav Smil Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba, Canada

Reviews for Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century

"Vaclav Smil receives 2015 OPEC Award for Research ""In Natural Gas, Smil provides much valuable background on the relative amounts of carbon emissions produced by all of our major energy sources. He explains why natural gas is the best of the fossil fuels in terms of energy output relative to carbon emissions (while noting that leaks of natural gas – methane – could in fact outweigh the savings in carbon emissions)."" (Resilience, April 2016)"