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Monday 29 July 2013

Natural Gas Storage Market Technology & 2017 Forecast Report



The report Global Markets and Technologies for Natural Gas Storage by BCC Research is now available at RnRMarketResearch.com. Contact sales@rnrmarketresearch.com with Global Markets and Technologies for Natural Gas Storage in subject line and your contact details to purchase this report or get your questions answered.

This report provides: An assessment and quantification of the current global natural gas and LNG storage market and demand; Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2011 and 2012, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2017; Evaluation of the future global use of storage as a means of primary energy production; Discussion of important current and potential environmental regulations that may affect the growth of this market; Examination of pricing trends for key North American and European wholesale gas markets; Assessment of the impacts of new and proposed infrastructure on LNG and underground gas storage projects; A detailed patent analysis; Comprehensive company profiles of the top players in the market.


The objective of this study is to examine the natural gas market in which storage of gas is a key consideration. It is challenging to examine only the storage component of the market, as storage is basically a component of the entire supply chain of the gas market. There are also two types of storage, conventional storage of gas in a gaseous form, and storage of natural gas after it has been reduced to a liquid through the application of compression and cryogenic technology. It is this latter type of technology that is relatively new to the industry that has revolutionized the entire structure of the industry and permitted the economic shipment of gas from its often-remote points of production to markets where it can be used in a vast variety of ways.

The reason for doing such a study is the underlying investment opportunities that are inherent in the development of the natural gas industry. What is clear is that in the twenty first century, there will be a revolution in the use of energy in transportation, industry and daily life comparable to the change that took place in the 20th century. The auto, the electric light, the airplane and a host of other products were developed that changed life in the modern world. It seems that the pattern will be repeated in the twenty first century as the Internet revolutionizes communication just as the telephone, invented toward the end of the nineteenth century revolutionized communications in the twentieth. Much the same thing will occur within the energy field as it morphs into new forms as it did when electric motors and gasoline engines replaced the nineteenth century steam engine and animal power in the twentieth. Natural gas, solar power, wind power, tidal energy and a host of as yet undreamed of non-polluting energy sources will replace the coal, oil, and perhaps even natural gas in the twenty first century as the destruction created by environmental pollution is recognized as unacceptable. Natural gas is a step toward reducing levels of pollution while providing relatively low cost energy to a wide variety of users. It must be understood that while natural gas reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 45% compared to coal and 30% compared to oil it is not the ultimate answer to pollution control.


The advantages of natural gas are that it is easily transported by pipeline and fairly easily using tankers both at sea and over the road. It can be piped into homes to provide heating, cooking, air conditioning, and to power a variety of other appliances. In situations where a user is not on a pipeline a small tank that can be recharged provides the same capabilities. It can also be used in vehicles including aircraft where it is cleaner than gasoline, diesel or most aircraft fuels. It is also a raw material for ammonia for fertilizers, and hydrogen, as well as in the production of some plastics and paints. It is relatively abundant, clean burning and easy to distribute. Natural gas is also safer than propane in that it is lighter than air and if there is a leak it tends to dissipate. Propane is heavier than air and tends to pool into explosive pockets in the event of a leak. Natural gas can power any number of household appliances and it is less expensive than electricity that is the alternative, but is nonpolluting except in some cases at points of generation.

It is important to understand that natural gas is not a perfect solution to the problems of pollution. While it is cleaner than coal or oil it still contributes substantial volumes of carbon dioxide to environmental greenhouse gases. By itself, natural gas is primarily methane, which is some 21 times as dangerous for greenhouse warming than carbon dioxide. This implies than any leakage of natural gas including those from animals, landfills, melting tundra, etc. contribute substantially to greenhouse emissions. It also carries a variety of risks. It has advantages, but is far from a panacea for energy problems and environmental control.


Scope of Report

The focus of this report is presumably the storage of natural gas, and this theme will be returned to repeatedly in the course of this project. It is virtually impossible to adhere solely to the original title concerning gas storage. So long as there is a demand for storage, it must be viewed in the context of the entire natural gas industry and in some respects the entire energy industry. In some cases it is possible to be drawn far a-field. For example both natural gas and nuclear energy are used to generate electric power. If the power plant in question uses gas, the fuel must be stored on site to assure a continuous supply. A comparison of these problems is far outside the scope of this report.

The real focus of the project looks at two closely related questions: the increase in the use of gas as a replacement for other energy sources and the increased requirements for the infrastructure required to handle the increasing demand for natural gas. It must be understood that the demand for and expansion of infrastructure and for storage facilities is a derived demand. It cannot be discussed in a vacuum, but as a result of a basic movement in the world energy market from one set of sources to another. Coal consumption for example will probably not increase significantly in the future and will probably decline. Total energy demand worldwide will almost certainly increase and the proportion of this increase that will be filled by gas is almost certain to increase. That in turn implies the almost certain expansion of the requirements for gas storage. This project will attempt to quantify this increase over the five-year period beginning in 2012 and through 2017/18. It is virtually certain that the demand for gas and its storage will increase in this period in spite of the questions concerning global economic growth rates. It seems almost certain that “global GNP” will increase in this period, but exactly where the growth will occur and what the growth rates will be by area is less than clear.

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Table of Content

Chapter 9 Company Profiles 133
Summary 133
Companies 133
Aes Corp. 133
Overview 133
Corporate Strategy 133
Aes Gener Sa 134
Overview 134
China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd. 134
Overview 134
Corporate Strategy 134
China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd. 135
Overview 135
Corporate Strategy 135
E.On Ag 135
Overview 135
Corporate Strategy 135
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. 136
Overview 136
Corporate Strategy 136
Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. 136
Overview 136
Corporate Strategy 137
Dominion Resources, Inc. 137
Overview 137
Corporate Strategy 137
Eskom Holdings Ltd. 137
Overview 138
Corporate Strategy 138
Endesa Sa 138
Overview 138
Corporate Strategy 138
Energie Baden-Wurttemberg Ag 139
Overview 139
Corporate Strategy 139
Eletrobras 139
Overview 139
Corporate Strategy 140
Electricite De France 140
Overview 140
Corporate Strategy 140
Enersis Sa 140
Overview 141
Corporate Strategy 141
Huaneng Power International 141
Overview 141
Corporate Strategy 141
International Power Plc 142
Overview 142
Corporate Strategy 142
J-Power/Electric Power Development Co., Ltd 142
Overview 142
Corporate Strategy 143
Midamerican Energy Holdings Co. 143
Overview 143
Nextera Energy, Inc. 143
Overview 143
Corporate Strategy 144
Nrg Energy Inc. 144
Overview 144
Corporate Strategy 144
Ntpc Ltd. 144
Overview 145
Corporate Strategy 145
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. 145
Overview 145
Corporate Strategy 145
Rwe Ag 146
Overview 146
Corporate Strategy 146
Rushydro Jsc 146
Overview 146
Corporate Strategy 146
Sempra Energy 147
Overview 147
Corporate Strategy 147
Scottish & Southern Energy Plc 147
Overview 147
Corporate Strategy 148
Saudi Electricity Co. 148
Overview 148
Corporate Strategy 148
Southern Co. 148
Overview 149
Corporate Strategy 149
Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. 150
Overview 150
Corporate Strategy 150
Tata Power Co., Ltd. 150
Overview 150
Corporate Strategy 151
Vattenfall Ab 151
Overview 151
Corporate Strategy 151

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