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    Natural Gas Future: A World Without Oil
    Natural Gas Future: A World Without Oil
    Natural Gas Future: A World Without Oil
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    Natural Gas Future: A World Without Oil

    By Richard L. Itteilag

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    Natural gas is a vital component of the world's supply of energy. It is one of the cleanest, safest and most useful of all energy sources. Despite its importance, however, there are many misconceptions about natural gas. For instance, the word 'gas' itself has a variety of different uses, and meanings. When we fuel our car, we put 'gas' in it. However, the gasoline that goes into your vehicle, while a fossil fuel itself, is very different from natural gas. The 'gas' in the common barbecue is actually propane, which, while closely associated and commonly found in natural gas, is not really natural gas itself.
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    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateOct 3, 2012
    ISBN9781477263761
    Natural Gas Future: A World Without Oil
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    Richard L. Itteilag

    RICHARD L. ITTEILAG Retired Vice President of Marketing & Sales for three regulated and unregulated energy companies, Aquila (UtiliCorp Energy Services), Columbia Energy Services, PowerTrust.com, and a trade association, American Gas Association, spanning nearly 30 years. Principal responsibilities included unregulated electricity/natural gas sales to commercial accounts and managed a large national salesforce. Authored hundreds of energy economics articles, keynote speaker at multiple energy forums and conferences worldwide and published a book on natural gas/electricity marketing with Prentice-Hall. Taught a course for five years in conjunction with professional activities to energy professionals sponsored by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) on the economics of natural gas and electric air conditioning. Also taught a course on creating a successful energy services company through the AEE. Currently, writing an energy book on the load-leveling techniques to offset electricity capacity shortfalls in the U.S. Received a B.A. from Manhattan College in New York, an M.A. from New York University in New York and completed the course work for a Ph.D. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., all in economics. As an avocation, owns and rents real estate in New York, Florida and Virginia. Currently resides in Palm Beach County, Florida.

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      Natural Gas Future - Richard L. Itteilag

      Natural Gas Future

      A World Without Oil

      Richard L. Itteilag

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      © 2012 by Richard L. Itteilag. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 08/21/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-6377-8 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-6376-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012915570

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      Contents

      The U.S. as the Saudi Arabia

      of Natural Gas

      Advances in the Exploration and Production Sector

      Coiled Tubing

      Measurement While Drilling

      Slimhole Drilling

      Offshore Production

      Liquefied Natural Gas

      LNG Delivery Facility with Tanker

      Extensive Pipeline Network

      The Natural Gas Gathering System

      Natural Gas Fuel Cells

      Clean Electricity

      How a Fuel Cell Works

      Coiled Tubing

      Liquefied Natural Gas

      Natural Gas Fuel Cells

      Clean Electricity

      How a Fuel Cell Works

      Transportation Process and Flow

      The Natural Gas Gathering System

      The Natural Gas Gathering System

      The Natural Gas Processing Plant

      The Transmission Grid and Compressor Stations

      Natural Gas Market Centers/Hubs

      The U.S. as the Saudi Arabia

      of Natural Gas

      Natural gas is a vital component of the world’s supply of energy. It is one of the cleanest, safest and most useful of all energy sources. Despite its importance, however, there are many misconceptions about natural gas. For instance, the word ‘gas’ itself has a variety of different uses, and meanings. When we fuel our car, we put ‘gas’ in it. However, the gasoline that goes into your vehicle, while a fossil fuel itself, is very different from natural gas. The ‘gas’ in the common barbecue is actually propane, which, while closely associated and commonly found in natural gas, is not really natural gas itself.

      While commonly grouped in with other fossil fuels and sources of energy, there are many characteristics of natural gas that make it unique. Below is a bit of background information about natural gas, what it is exactly, how it is formed, and how it is found in nature.Natural gas, in itself, might be considered an uninteresting gas—it is colorless, shapeless, and odorless in its pure form. Quite uninteresting—except that natural gas is combustible, abundant in the United States and, when burned, it gives off a great deal of energy and few harmful emissions. Unlike other fossil fuels, natural gas is clean burning and emits lower levels of potentially harmful byproducts into the air.

      We require energy constantly, to heat and cool our homes, cook our food, and generate our electricity. It is this need for energy that has elevated natural gas to such a level of importance in our society, and in our lives.Natural gas is a combustible mixture of hydrocarbon gases. While natural gas is formed primarily of methane, it can also include ethane, propane, butane and pentane. The composition of natural gas can vary widely.

      In its purest form, such as the natural gas that is delivered to your home, it is almost pure methane. Methane is a molecule made up of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms, and is referred to as CH4. The distinctive rotten egg smell that we often associate with natural gas is actually an odorant called mercaptan that is added to the gas before it is delivered to the end-user. Mercaptan aids in detecting any leaks.

      Natural gas is considered ‘dry’ when it is almost pure methane, having had most of the other commonly associated hydrocarbons removed. When other hydrocarbons are present, the natural gas is ‘wet’.

      Natural gas is a vital component of the world’s supply of energy. It is one of the cleanest, safest and most useful of

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