Section
1
1186kb |
Executive Summary |
E-1 |
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1 |
Introduction |
1-1 |
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2 |
U.S. Natural Gas Supply and Market Analysis |
2-1 |
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2.1 |
Supply |
2-1 |
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2.2 |
Demand |
2-3 |
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2.3 |
Gas Markets of the 1980s and Search for New Markets |
2-3 |
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2.4 |
Gas Supply and Demand Issues--Low Quality Gas |
2-7 |
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2.5 |
Gas Supply and Demand Issues--Use of Remote Gas |
2-8 |
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2.6 |
Price Outlook |
2-10 |
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2.7 |
Summary |
2-11 |
Section
2
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3 |
Transportation Fuels Market |
3-1 |
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3.1 |
Pressure for Market Change |
3-1 |
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3.2 |
Market Segments |
3-4 |
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3.3 |
Use of Gas and Gas-Derived Products |
3-8 |
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3.4 |
Fuel Physical Properties |
3-9 |
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3.5 |
Fuel Distribution |
3-15 |
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3.6 |
Vehicle/Engine Systems |
3-18 |
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3.7 |
Market Penetration |
3-21 |
Section
3
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4 |
Natural Gas Market Analysis--Use as a Chemical
Feedstock |
4-1 |
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4.1 |
Ammonia |
4-1 |
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4.2 |
Methanol |
4-3 |
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4.3 |
Ethylene |
4-6 |
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5 |
Natural Gas Market Analysis--Use in Power
Generation |
5-1 |
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6 |
Process Routes from Natural Gas to Transportation
Fuels, Chemical Feedstocks, and Utility Fuel |
6-1 |
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7 |
Gas Use in Transportation Fuels--Economic Analysis |
7-1 |
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7.1 |
Price Forecast--Transportation Fuels and Components |
7-1 |
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7.2 |
Economic Evaluation--Analysis Methodology |
7-4 |
Section
4
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8 |
Gas Use in Transportation Fuels--Economic Analysis |
8-1 |
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8.1 |
Natural Gas to Methanol by the Liquid-phase Methanol
Process |
8-2 |
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8.2 |
Natural Gas to Liquid Products via Fischer-Tropsch |
8-9 |
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8.3 |
Gasoline by Oxidative Coupling of Methane and
Oligomerization |
8-16 |
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8.4 |
Natural Gas to Higher Alcohols by the IFP Process |
8-22 |
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8.5 |
Natural Gas and Butane to MTBE |
8-27 |
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8.6 |
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for Transportation Fuel |
8-35 |
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8.7 |
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for Transportation Fuel |
8-36 |
Section
5
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9 |
Gas Use in Chemicals and Power Production--Economic
Analysis |
9-1 |
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9.1 |
Natural Gas to Methanol by the Liquid--Phase Methanol
Process |
9-3 |
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9.2 |
Natural Gas to Ammonia |
9-6 |
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9.3 |
Natural Gas for Power Production Using a Combined
Cycle |
9-11 |
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9.4 |
Upgrading of Low Quality Gas by Nitrogen Rejection |
9-14 |
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9.5 |
Economics of Conversion of Natural Gas to
Ethylene |
9-17 |
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9.6 |
Economics of Conversion of Natural Gas to Methyl
Chloride |
9-19 |
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10 |
Sensitivity Analysis of Economics in Converting
Natural Gas to Fischer-Tropsch Liquids |
10-1 |
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10.1 |
Effect of Using Slurry Reactor |
10-1 |
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10.2 |
Effect of Gas Price Growth Rate |
10-2 |
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10.3 |
Effect of Plant Size |
10-2 |
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10.4 |
Effect of Barge-Mounted Plants and Alaskan
North-Slope Location |
10-3 |
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10.5 |
Effect of Using Ceramic Membranes for Oxygen
Production |
10-5 |
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10.6 |
Effect of Changing Natural Gas Price |
10-6 |
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10.7 |
Summary |
10-7 |
Section
6
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11 |
Comparative Economics and Potential for Increased Gas
Use |
11-1 |
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11.1 |
Comparative Economics Transportation Fuels |
11-1 |
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11.2 |
Comparative Economics Chemicals and Power Production |
11-3 |
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11.3 |
Potential for Increased Gas Use |
11-5 |
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11.4 |
Estimated Employment Generation of a Gas-to-Liquids
Industry |
11-6 |
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11.5 |
Potential Improvements and Cost Reductions for New
Gas to Liquids Projects |
11-6 |
| References |
R-1 |
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Appendix A. Methodology for Calculating the Required
Price of Gas-Derived Products 558kb |
A-1 |
