Sustainable geoscience for natural gas subsurface systems. Volume 2 / Научные представления о подземных системах природного газа. Часть 2

The series focuses on efficiency, enhanced production, emissions-reduction, carbon capture, and gas resource sustainability. It aims to address and solve specific and relevant problems for those currently working in the natural gas industry or researching aspects of it. The world is striving for zero-carbon energy supply, which is for some politicians, regulators, and certain sectors of public opinion interpreted, over-simplistically, to mean that over the next few decades the use of natural gas will be phased out, implying that the industry will gradually contract into oblivion. The focus of many organizations will indeed be to gradually reduce its use of natural gas over the next two to three decades. However, there are many ways in which natural gas can remain useful and commercially viable in a sustainable way in the longer term. The onus is on sectors of the industry to demonstrate the positive contributions it can make in the transition towards a zero-carbon future, and beyond. For example, offsetting emissions through carbon capture, sequestration, and utilization technologies, providing a cheap and valuable source of hydrogen, decreasing emissions, and eliminating fugitive emissions and flaring. Collectively, by adopting these options as priorities, should enable the gas industry to continue large-scale production by offsetting its carbon footprint and achieving a negative carbon exchange with the atmosphere. To be able to achieve this, industry practitioners, academics and regulators need to be equipped with the appropriately focused scientific and engineering skills. They also require technical insights that address the globally important sustainability issues, as well as providing detailed knowledge and understanding of the principles and techniques required for the efficient exploitation of natural gas. This book series is structured to provide the required skills and insights. <...>