Transport Fuels from Australia's Gas Resources.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (330 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ACRONYMS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. STRATEGIC OVERVIEW -- 2. AUSTRALIA'S OIL AND GAS RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE -- 3. THE OUTLOOK FOR GAS IN THE TRANSPORT FUEL MARKET -- 4. LNG FOR AUSTRALIAN ARTICULATED TRUCKS -- 5. THE ECONOMICS OF GTL -- 6. STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS -- 7. GTL AND LNG TRANSPORT FUEL TECHNOLOGIES -- 8. WELL TO WHEELS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 9. EARNING A SOCIAL LICENCE FOR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT FUELS -- 10 REGULATORY ISSUES -- SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING UNITS AND CONVERSIONS -- GEOLOGICAL EPOCHS -- GLOSSARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX.
The transport sector in Australia depends heavily on imported oil-based fuels. With this comes the ever-present risk of oil supply shortages. But Australia is gas-rich and oil-poor, so it makes practical sense to assess how our own gas resources can be used to produce these fuels.
9781742247182
Gas as fuel. Motor fuels -- Australia. Natural gas -- Economic aspects -- Australia. Natural resources -- Australia -- Management. Supply and demand. Sustainability -- Economic aspects -- Australia. Transportation -- Australia.