1st Edition
The Opec Natural Gas Dilemma
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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The OPEC countries possess an estimated one-third of total world natural gas reserves, but they produce relatively small volumes of this clean, convenient, and flexible fuel, and much of what is produced is flared and wasted for lack of demand. Historically, the major barrier to full utilization of OPEC's natural gas potential has been the high cost of gathering, processing, and transporting... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- Natural Gas and Natural Gas Developments -- Outlook for Demand in the Key Importing Countries -- Natural Gas in the OPEC Countries -- Economics of OPEC Natural Gas Trade -- Expanding Domestic Markets -- OPEC Country Surveys -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C
Biography
Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani is research coordinator of the Harvard University Energy and Environmental Policy Center's International Natural Gas Study. A former delegate to OPEC Ministerial Conferences, he has published extensively on developments in crude oil and natural gas markets. Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani is director of research with the Ryan Financial Strategy Group, New York, and has been a consultant to industry on energy and environmental issues. She is co-author with Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani of World Natural Gas Outlook: What Role for OPEC? (1984).
