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| Characteristics |
Commodity
Description/Technical Characteristics
Origin and history
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| Quality |
Natural Gas Quality |
| Uses |
Residential Users
Commercial Users
Industry
Power Generation
Natural Gas Vehicles
Fuell Cells
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| Market |
Natural Gas Reserves
Natural Gas Production
Natural Gas Consumption
International Trade
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| Marketing chain |
Market Structure
Processing Operations |
| Companies |
Natural Gas Companies |
| Technology |
Natural Gas Technology |
| Prices |
Benchmark and Price Discovery Mechanism
Risk Managemente Instruments Markets and Contracts
Main Physical Markets
Natural Gas Price Links
Historic Prices
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| Economic Policies |
Natural Gas Market Liberalization
Energy Policy
Environmental Regulations/Kyoto Protocol and Climate Change
The Energy Charter
Energy Services and World Trade Organization |

Selected
Sources of Statistics
British Petroleum (BP-AMOCO)
International Energy Agency
Oil & Gas Journal
World Energy Council
Cedigaz
International Gas Union
Energy Information Administration, Official Energy Statistics
from the U.S. Government
Eurostat

References
Some relevant publications among the numerous existing
publications related to natural gas are shown below:
BP Amoco Statistical Review of World Energy 2001,
British Petroleum
Natural Gas Information 2000 (1999 data), International
Energy Agency
Key World Energy Statistics from the IEA 2000, International
Energy Agency
World Energy Outlook 2000, International Energy Agency
2001 IGU World Review, International Gas Union
Regulatory Reform: European Gas, International Energy
Agency, 2000
Natural Gas Distribution: Focus on Western Europe, International
Energy Agency, 1998
Natural Gas Pricing in Competitive Markets, International
Energy Agency, 1998
Promoting competition in the natural gas industry, OECD
(DAFFE/CLP(2000)18), 2000
Natural Gas Statistics Sourcebook, Oil & Gas Journal,
2000
Energy Statistics Sourcebook, Oil & Gas Journal, 1999
World Commodity Survey 2000-2001, UNCTAD-Cyclope
Natural Gas in the World-2000 Survey, CEDIGAZ
Natural Gas in Power Generation, Cedigaz, 1999
World LNG Outlook-99 Edition, Cedigaz
Natural Gas and Deregulation, Cedigaz, 2000
European Union Energy Outlook to 2020, European Union
DG Energy&Transport
Annual Energy Review 2000, European Union DG Energy&Transport
Opening up to Choice: Launching the Single European Gas Market,
European Union DG Energy&Transport
Eurogas 1999 Annual Report (incorporating "Natural
Gas in Western Europe 2000), Eurogas
Toward a National Energy Strategy, United States Energy
Association, February 2001
Fueling the Future: Natural Gas & New Technologies for a Cleaner
21st Century, American Gas Foundation, 2000.
International Energy Outlook 2001, Energy Information
Administration
Annual Energy Outlook 2001, Energy Information Administration
International Energy Annual, 1999, Energy Information
Administration, February 2001
Natural Gas Annual 1999, Energy Information Administration
Historical Natural Gas Annual: 1930 through 1999, Energy
Information Administration
World Petroleum Assesment 2000, United States Geological
Survey
The World Gas Handbook 2000, Energy Intelligence Group
Survey of Energy Resources 1998, World Energy Council
The World LNG Source Book 2001, Gas Technology Institute
Competition in the Natural Gas Industry: The emergence of spot,
financial and pipeline capacity markets, Public Policy for the
Private Sector (The World Bank Group), March 1998
User's Guide to Natural Gas Purchasing and Risk Management,
1/e, William F Payne, Prentice Hall, 2000
Natural Gas Trading in Europe-Liberalization and its impact on
long-term contracts, The Europe-Japan Centre, 1998
Gas Trading Manual, Edited by David Long and Geoff Moore,
Woodhead Publishing Limited, July 2001
Natural Gas Contracts, Thompson Publishing Group, 2000

Links
to main relevant sites
Natural
gas and energy information
Natural
Gas Information and Educational Resources
The Energy Source
Network
Oil
and Gas International
Oil &
Gas Journal
Alexander's Gas
& Oil Connections
Oil Online
Platts Global Energy
Gas (Powered by Worldnews.com)
Energy
Intelligence Group
Subject Group for Oil
& Natural Gas
Fossil Fuels.org
Petroleum Place
Britannica
Financial
Times-Energy and Utilities Review
Gulf Publishing
Company
Sheffield
Energy and Resources Information Services
Cambridge Energy Research
Associates
CMS One Stop Information
Shop
About.com
Régie énergie
Geoscopie
Natural
gas and energy related associations
International
Association for Energy Economics
American Gas Association
American Petroleum Institute
Gas Technology Institute
Interstate Natural Gas
Association of America
United States Energy Association
Independent Petroleum
Association of America
Natural Gas Supply Association
Gas Industry
Standards Board
Canadian Gas Association
Canadian Gas Research
Institute
The Australian Natural
Gas Industry-Australian Gas Association
Marcogaz (Technical
Association of the European Gas Industry)
Mbendi Information
for Africa
Regional Association
for Oil and Natural Gas Companies in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Alternative Energy
Institute
International
Association of Natural Gas Vehicles
European
Natural Gas Vehicle Association
Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition
(USA)
International Cogeneration
Alliance
World Fuel Cell
Council
Centre
for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
Institut
d´economie et de politique de l´energie (IEPE)
Centre for Energy Policy
Pipeline Research Council
International, Inc. (PRCI)
International
organizations
International
Energy Agency
Energy Technology Data
Exchange and The Energy Database (IEA)
World
Energy Council
International Gas Union
Cedigaz
International
Gas Centre
UNECE-Gas Centre
(dedicated to European Economies in transition)
Eurogas (European Union
of the Natural Gas Industry)
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries
International
Centre for Gas Technology Information (latest technology information
centre for the IEA)
Intergas Marketing
Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change
United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
Energy
Charter Treaty
World
Energy Assessment
World
Bank and Oil&Gas
Government
European
Union-DG Energy & Transport
Federal Energy Commission
(FEC) of the Russian Federation
U.S. Energy Information
Administration
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
The U.S. Energy Department's
Fossil Energy
Strategic Centre
for Natural Gas
Alternative
Fuels Data Centre
Natural Resources
Canada-Natural Gas Division
Pacific Economic Cooperation
Council (PECC) Energy Forum
Office of Gas and
Electricity Markets (UK)
DTI Oil and Gas
Directorate (UK)
Energy Regulators Regional
Association CEE/ Eurasia
Norwegian
Petroleum Directorate
Markets
and exchanges
New York
Mercantile Exchange
International Petroleum
Exchange
Kansas City Board of Trade
Intercontinental Exchange
Natural Gas Exchange
Canadian Venture Exchange
Price
links
Natural
Gas Intelligence
EIA
Natural Gas Weekly Update
EIA
Short Term Energy Outlook
EIA
Natural Gas Markets, Status and Outlook:
Eurostat
Energy Intelligence
Group
Reuters
CNN
Alaron Trading Corporation
Barchart.com
Bloomberg
World
Bank Commodity Price Data (Pinksheet)
Oil
and Gas Online
Crude Oil and Natural
Gas Prices (worldnews.com)
WTRG Economics
TFC
Commodity Charts
Enerdata
Energy
Shop
Ino.com
The Heren Report
Energy and Power Risk
Management Magazine

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