Security of Natural Gas Supply through Transit Countries

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Current Status of Producer Countries and Conditions for the Transit of Natural Gas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Prospects of the Caspian Natural Gas Supply to Europe and Probable Impact on the Energy Security of Transit Countries

      • Teimuraz Gochitashvili

      Pages 3-36

   3. Power System Situation Autumn-Winter 2002–2003 and Aspects of Energy Security in Georgia

      • John W A Coker

      Pages 37-45

   4. Current Status of Natural Gas Sector

      • Ganifa Abdullayev

      Pages 47-60

   5. Italian Experience Pertaining to Natural Gas in Transportation and Development; Rationale for the Italian Involvement in a Tratsit Country

      • Mauro Piccolo

      Pages 61-71

3. Modern Technologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. State of the Art in Liquefaction Technologies for Natural Gas

      • Einar Brendeng, Jens Hetland

      Pages 75-102

   3. On the Relevance of Integrating LNG with the Energy Supply Systems of Transit Countries

      • Einar Brendeng, Jens Hetland

      Pages 103-133

   4. Russian Gas Supply and Some Prospects of Small Scale LNG Units

      • Vladimir Feygin, Yuri Rykov

      Pages 135-156

4. Strategic Reserves and Geological Survey

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Up-to-Date Researches and Future Trends in Underground Gas Storage Facillties: A State of the Art Review

      • Fabien Favret

      Pages 159-193

   3. Underground Gas Storage in Georgia

      • Mads Christensen, David Papave, Michael Sidamonidze

      Pages 195-226

   4. Underground Gas Storage: Planning and Modeling with Simsim, a New Reservoir Engineering Software Tool

      • Andras Gilicz, F. Pach

      Pages 227-235

   5. Assessment Studies for the Creation of Underground Gas Storage Facilities in Georgia

      • David Ragav

      Pages 237-245

   6. Geotechnical Survey Optimization for Pipeline Construction in High Mountainous Regions

      • Omar Kutsnashvili, Iveri Kutsnashvili

      Pages 247-270

5. Economics and Legislative Aspects of Gas Transport and Geopolitics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271

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   2. Prospects for Gas Supply and Demand and Their Implication with Reference to Transit Countries and Their Policy

      • Boyko Nitzov

      Pages 273-306

   3. Impacts of the European Gas Directive on Gas Exporters

      • Hans Jørgen Dahl, Sondre Dyrland, Thor Bjørkvoll

      Pages 307-342

   4. The Impediments to Establish an Energy-Regime in Caucasia

      • Gokhan Bacik, Bulent ARAS

      Pages 343-354

Jens HETLAND & Teimuraz GOCHITASHVILI In contrast to oil, natural gas is usually routed through pipeline systems stretched from the wellhead to the end-user – although liquefied natural gas (LNG) is gaining increased interest; the commercialisation of natural gas fields is inherently linked to rigid transportation systems that require huge investments in tangible assets fixed to specific locations; the supply of natural gas is constrained by the transportation system, and requires access to appropriate infrastructure for transport and distribution; the trading of natural gas is traditionally associated with long-term contracts, albeit the duration per se of gas transport contracts appears to be less important after the deregulation of the energy markets. As diversification is strategically important to modern societies, the security of energy supplies becomes an inherent issue. In order to avoid situations of shortage, and to keep the price level stable, industrial nations are paying attention to the security of energy supplies. In brief terms this means that having more than one supplier of natural gas and more than one transport route would be strategically important. This also affects political issues and international law and regulations, economics, science and technology. The purpose of this book is to address opportunities extended from science and research pertaining to the exploitation and international trading of natural gas that involves transit countries. This especially relates to the transport and handling of gas from remote regions and pipelines that are

• Gazprom
• LNG
• Natural Gas
• Policy
• energy
• energy management
• geopolitics
• international law
• modeling
• pipeline

• SINTEF Energy Research, Trondheim, Norway

  Jens Hetland

• Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia

  Teimuraz Gochitashvili

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