Chapter 1 Natural Gas History and Market 1
1.1 History 1
1.2 Marketing 10
1.3 Industry and Market Structure 23
1.4 Natural Gas Demand 33
1.5 National Gas Supply 49
1.6 Natural Gas Distribution 60
1.7 The History of Regulation 71
1.8 The Market Under Regulation 88
Chapter 2 Natural Gas—From Wellhead to Burner Tip 101
2.1 Background 101
2.2 Exploration 111
2.3 Data Interpretation 121
2.4 Extraction and Storage 130
2.5 The Transportation of Natural Gas 143
2.6 Natural Gas and Technology 156
2.7 Natural Gas and the Environment 166
Chinese Translation and Key to Exercises 180
References 281