Category Archives: Natural Gas

Natural Gas limits: 20-40% of recoverable resources are low EROI Sour Gas

Posted on April 27, 2015 by

SBC. October 2014. Factbook Natural Gas Factbook. SBC Energy Institute                           There are 855 trillion cubic meters (tcm) of technically recoverable resources, which means that regardless of cost … Continue reading →

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Shale “fracked” natural gas peak by 2020: Mason Inman’s “Natural gas, the fracking fallacy”

Posted on December 4, 2014 by

[ In 2005 the U.S. was making desperate plans to build dozens of Liquefied Natural Gas plants for importing gas. Fracked gas changed that for the past 10 years, indeed, now the U.S. is talking about exporting natural gas.  But … Continue reading →

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Natural Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) as a Drop-in Diesel fuel

Posted on November 29, 2014 by

[The reason GTL is a big deal is that it can substitute for diesel without having to modify a diesel engine to do so — therefore, it’s a “drop-in fuel” substitute. However, GTL isn’t likely to be the answer, since … Continue reading →

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Renewable incentives destabilize, harm electric grid

Posted on October 11, 2014 by

Wald, Matthew L.   7 Oct 2014. How Grid Efficiency Went South. New York times. Summary: 1) society would be better off if homeowners faced their rooftop solar panels westward, the peak time more energy is needed, but they won’t because … Continue reading →

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LNG overview

Posted on October 9, 2014 by

                      Liquefied natural gas is natural gas chilled down to -260 F which reduces its volume by about 600 times. Exports                   … Continue reading →

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Energy Watch Group 2013 Natural Gas Supply Outlook

Posted on May 13, 2014 by

Energy Watch Group. March 2013. Fossil and Nuclear Fuels – the Supply Outlook (172 pages) Summary (see report for details) This report also contains scenario projections for the future supply of natural gas. These are performed in similar depth as … Continue reading →

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Exporting Natural Gas from America

Posted on May 3, 2014 by

We don’t have the natural gas to export as you can see in Shale Oil and Gas Will Not Save Us. Nonetheless, it looks like we may be exporting it. Matt Simmons, a financier of very large energy projects thinks … Continue reading →

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Natural Gas used in Agriculture

Posted on May 1, 2014 by

Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21st Century? May 2011    Post Carbon Institute Agriculture and Natural Gas by Michael Bomford Michael Bomford is a research scientist and extension specialist at Kentucky State University and an adjunct faculty member in … Continue reading →

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NG vehicles: 15 million world-wide, up to $1.7 million per NG filling station

Posted on July 16, 2013 by

14 July 2013. Energy Burrito. 10 Points To Consider In The Natural-Gas-Vehicle Debate. oilprice.com The perception of natural gas as a mainstream fuel for vehicles runs the gamut, dependent upon where you live: from the improbable… to the viable… to … Continue reading →

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Natural Gas and Trucking

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

What we are facing is a liquids fuels crisis, since 97% of transportation depends on oil (especially to plant, harvest, and distribute food, long-haul trucking, trains, etc).  To the extent that natural gas can fill in for oil, that will … Continue reading →

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