1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 7
1.1 List of Tables 9
1.2 List of Figures 10
2 Natural Gas Industry to 2017 - Introduction 11
3 Overview of the Natural Gas Industry 12
3.1 Natural Gas Industry Structure 12
3.2 Exploration 13
3.3 Extraction 13
3.4 Production 14
3.5 Transportation 14
3.6 Storage 14
3.7 Distribution 15
3.8 Marketing 15
4 Key Trends 16
4.1 Consumption Shift from Crude Oil to Natural Gas and Depleting Conventional Crude Oil Reserves is Expected to Create a Steady Increase in Demand 16
4.2 Increasing Demand from the Asia-Pacific and Natural Gas Production in Australia Boosting the LNG Industry 17
4.3 Unconventional Natural Gas Production Expected to Rise Steadily Due to Technological Advances and Fresh Discoveries 18
4.4 Infrastructural Limitations in Logistics and Transportation Leading to Variations in Natural Gas Prices across Geographies 19
4.5 Changing Supply and Demand Dynamics Create Paradigm Shift in Natural Gas Industry 20
4.6 High Levels in Gas Storage Facilities Worldwide Expected to Lead to Low Market Prices in the Immediate Future 20
5 Supply and Demand Outlook to 2017 21
5.1 Global Natural Gas Consumption, 2001-2017 21
5.2 Global Natural Gas Consumption, Geographic Analysis 23
5.3 Global Natural Gas Production, 2001-2017 25
5.4 Global Natural Gas Production, Geographic Analysis 27
5.5 Natural Gas Industry, End uses 29
5.5.1 Residential Customers 29
5.5.2 Industrial Customers 29
5.5.3 Commercial Customers 29
5.5.4 Transportation Customers 30
5.5.5 Electricity Generation Customers 31
5.5.6 Distributed Generation 31
5.5.7 Fuel Cells 32
6 Natural Gas Exploration and Production Industry 33
6.1 Global Natural Gas Reserves, 2011 33
6.2 Global Natural Gas Production To 2017 35
6.3 Global Natural Gas Production, Geographic Analysis 37
6.4 Global Natural Gas Industry, Competitive Analysis 39
6.4.1 Asia-Pacific 39
6.4.2 Europe 40
6.4.3 Middle East and Africa 41
6.4.4 North America 42
6.4.5 South and Central America 43
7 Natural Gas Pipelines Industry 44
7.1 Global Natural Gas Pipeline Industry 44
7.2 Global Natural Gas Pipeline Industry, Geopolitical Scenario 46
7.3 Global Natural Gas Pipeline Industry, Geographic Analysis 46
7.3.1 Asia-Pacific 46
7.3.2 Europe 48
7.3.3 Middle East and Africa 49
7.3.4 North America 50
7.3.5 South and Central America 51
7.4 Global Natural Gas Pipeline Industry, Competitive Analysis 52
7.4.1 Asia-Pacific 52
7.4.2 Europe 53
7.4.3 Middle East and Africa 54
7.4.4 North America 55
7.4.5 South and Central America 56
8 LNG Industry 57
8.1 Global LNG Liquefaction and Regasification Capacity to 2017 57
8.1.1 Global LNG Liquefaction Capacity to 2017 57
8.1.2 Global LNG Regasification Capacity to 2017 59
8.2 Global LNG Industry, Geographic Analysis 60
8.2.1 Liquefaction Capacity 61
8.2.2 Regasification Capacity 63
9 LNG and Pipeline Economics 65
9.1 Comparison of Transportation Cost from LNG versus Pipelines 65
9.1.1 Pipe-laying 67
9.2 Liquefaction and Regasification Costs 67
9.3 LNG Transportation and Storage Costs 68
9.4 LNG Pricing Mechanism 68
10 Natural Gas Storage Industry 70
10.1 Global Natural Gas Storage Industry, Top Countries 70
10.2 Geographic Analysis of the Global Gas Storage Industry 71
10.2.1 Asia-Pacific 71
10.2.2 Europe 72
10.2.3 North America 73
10.3 Global Natural Gas Storage Industry, Competitive Analysis 74
10.3.1 North America 75
10.3.2 Asia-Pacific 76
10.3.3 Europe 77
11 Unconventional Natural Gas Industry 78
11.1 Unconventional Natural Gas Industry, Future Outlook 78
11.2 Shale Gas to Emerge as the Primary Unconventional Gas Source in North America 79
12 Appendix 80
12.1 Abbreviations 80
12.2 Market Definition 80
12.3 Methodology 80
12.3.1 Coverage 81
12.3.2 Secondary Research 81
12.3.3 Primary Research 81
12.3.4 Expert Panel Validation 81
12.4 References 82
12.5 Contact Us 82
12.6 Disclaimer 82
1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Natural Gas Consumption by Year, Global, bcfe, 2001- 2017 22
Table 2: Natural Gas Consumption by Year, Geographic Breakdown, Global, bcfe, 2001- 2017 24
Table 3: Natural Gas Production by Year, Global, bcfe, 2000-2017 26
Table 4: Natural Gas Production by Year, Geographical Breakdown, bcfe, 2001-2017 28
Table 5: Proven Natural Gas Reserves, Global, 2011 34
Table 6: Natural Gas Production by Year, Global, bcfe, 2001-2017 36
Table 7: Natural Gas Production by Year, Geographical Breakdown, bcfe, 2001-2017 38
Table 8: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, Asia-Pacific, bcf, 2011 39
Table 9: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, Europe, bcf, 2011 40
Table 10: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, Middle East and Africa, bcf, 2011 41
Table 11: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, North America, bcf, 2011 42
Table 12: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, South and Central America, bcf, 2011 43
Table 13: Pipeline Length By Region, Thousand km, 2011 44
Table 14: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, Global, Thousand km, 2011 45
Table 15: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, Global, Thousand km, 2011 47
Table 16: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, Global, Thousand km, 2011 48
Table 17: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, Middle East and Africa, Thousand km, 2011 49
Table 18: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, North America, Thousand km, 2011 50
Table 19: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, North America, Thousand km, 2011 51
Table 20: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, Asia-Pacific, Thousand km, 2011 52
Table 21: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, Europe, Thousand km, 2011 53
Table 22: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, Middle East and Africa, Thousand km, 2011 54
Table 23: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, North America, thousand km, 2011 55
Table 24: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, North America, thousand km, 2011 56
Table 25: LNG Liquefaction Capacity by Year, Global, Million Tons, 2001- 2017 58
Table 26: LNG Regasification Capacity by Year, Global, Million Tons, 2001- 2017 59
Table 27: LNG Liquefaction Capacity by Year, Geographical Breakdown, Global, Million Tons, 2001- 2017 62
Table 28: LNG Regasification Capacity by Year, Geographical Breakdown, Global, Million Tons, 2001- 2017 64
Table 29: Gas Storage Capacity by Country, Top Five Countries, Global, bcf, 2011 70
Table 30: Gas Storage Capacity by Country, Top Five Countries, Asia-Pacific, bcf, 2011 71
Table 31: Working Gas Capacity by Country, Top Five Countries, Europe, bcf, 2011 72
Table 32: Working Gas Capacity by Country, Top Five Countries, North America, bcf, 2011 73
Table 33: Gas Storage Capacity by Company, Top Five Gas Storage Companies, Global, MMcf, 2011 74
Table 34: Gas Storage Capacity by Company, Top Five Companies, North America, bcf, 2011 75
Table 35: Gas Storage Capacity by Company, Top Five Companies, Asia-Pacific, bcf, 2011 76
Table 36: Gas Storage Capacity by Company, Top Five Companies, Europe, bcf, 2011 77
Table 37: Abbreviations 80
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Natural Gas Consumption, Global, bcfe, 2001-2017 16
Figure 2: North America Natural Gas Industry, Growth In Natural Gas Production, bcf/d, 2008-2020 18
Figure 3: Forecasted Natural Gas Production From Major Shale Plays, North America, bcf/d, 2008-2020 19
Figure 4: Natural Gas Consumption by Year, Global, bcfe, 2001- 2017 21
Figure 5: Natural Gas Consumption by Year, Geographic Breakdown, Global, bcfe, 2001- 2017 23
Figure 6: Natural Gas Production by Year, Global, bcfe, 2000-2017 25
Figure 7: Natural Gas Production by Year, Geographical Breakdown, bcfe, 2001-2017 27
Figure 8: Proven Natural Gas Reserves, Percentage Share by Geographic Regions, Global, 2011 33
Figure 9: Natural Gas Production by Year, Global, bcfe, 2001-2017 35
Figure 10: Natural Gas Production by Year, Geographical Breakdown, bcfe, 2001-2017 37
Figure 11: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, Asia-Pacific, bcf, 2011 39
Figure 12: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, Europe, bcf, 2011 40
Figure 13: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, Middle East and Africa, bcf, 2011 41
Figure 14: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, North America, bcf, 2011 42
Figure 15: Top 10 E&P Companies by Production, South and Central America, bcf, 2011 43
Figure 16: Pipeline Length By Region, Thousand km, 2011 44
Figure 17: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, Global, Thousand km, 2011 45
Figure 18: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, Asia-Pacific, Thousand km, 2011 46
Figure 19: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, Europe, Thousand km, 2011 48
Figure 20: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, Middle East and Africa, Thousand km, 2011 49
Figure 21: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, North America, Thousand km, 2011 50
Figure 22: Pipeline Length by Country, Top 10 Countries, South and Central America, Thousand km, 2011 51
Figure 23: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, Asia-Pacific, Thousand km, 2011 52
Figure 24: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, Europe, Thousand km, 2011 53
Figure 25: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, Middle East and Africa, Thousand km, 2011 54
Figure 26: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, North America, thousand km, 2011 55
Figure 27: Pipeline Length by Company, Top 10 Companies, South and Central America, Thousand km, 2011 56
Figure 28: LNG Liquefaction Capacity by Year, Global, Million Tons, 2001- 2017 57
Figure 29: LNG Regasification Capacity by Year, Global, Million Tons, 2001- 2017 59
Figure 30: LNG Liquefaction Capacity by Year, Geographical Breakdown, Global, Million Tons, 2001- 2017 61
Figure 31: LNG Regasification Capacity by Year, Geographical Breakdown, Global, Million Tons, 2001- 2017 63
Figure 32: Gas Storage Capacity by Country, Top Five Countries, Global, bcf, 2011 70
Figure 33: Gas Storage Capacity by Country, Top Five Countries, Asia-Pacific, bcf, 2011 71
Figure 34: Working Gas Capacity by Country, Top Five Countries, Europe, bcf, 2011 72
Figure 35: Working Gas Capacity by Country, Top Five Countries, North America, bcf, 2011 73
Figure 36: Gas Storage Capacity by Company, Top Five Gas Storage Companies, Global, MMcf, 2011 74
Figure 37: Gas Storage Capacity by Company, Top Five Companies, North America, bcf, 2011 75
Figure 38: Gas Storage Capacity by Company, Top Five Companies, Asia-Pacific, bcf, 2011 76
Figure 39: Gas Storage Capacity by Company, Top Five Companies, Europe, bcf, 2011 77
Figure 40: Forecast Natural Gas Production From Major Shale Plays, North America, bcf/d, 2003-2020 79
