Nasr G.G., Connor N.E. Natural Gas Engineering and Safety Challenges. Downstream Process, Analysis, Utilization and Safety

Springer International Publishing (Switzerland), 2014. — 402 p.
The book starts in a logical manner with the opening Chapiter 1 describing the fundamentals of natural gas. Subsequent to the wellhead the gas must be transmitted and distributed to its final destination, that is, the consumers. These transmission and distribution processes require thorough understanding of their systems and design which are described in Chapiter 2.
The gas should also be stored or transported for later use as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), this is exposed in Chapiter 3.
Natural gas which contains certain physical characteristics should flow through various transmission and distribution designed network systems as is described in Chapiter 4.
No matter where the gas is being transferred to, the accurate control of it together with understanding its quality are pertinent which could eventually reflect on the overall capital expenditures of the gas. It is thus with this in mind that a comprehensive understanding of instrumentation and measurement systems have been provided in Chapiter 5.
Although natural gas has become one of the main energy sources, the accidental release and subsequent ignition of flammable gas and vapour clouds has led to a number of incidents with catastrophic consequences on oil and gas platforms. Chapter 6 therefore provides inclusive understanding of fire and explosion and safety aspects, where appropriate, of the natural gas. The utilisation of natural gas, including an overview of the heat transfer and heat exchangers, has also been given in Chapiter 7.
Within almost all the downstream processes the viability of the natural gas is dependent on how the gas business and the related projects should be managed and sustained, which is the subject matter of Chapiter 8.
In the last Chapitrer 9, the authors have provided various innovation management models from their own experience and borrowed from various disciplines, with a few case studies which over the last decade have become vital ingredients in the future sustainability of the gas industry