02188nmc a2200205 4500 20260521184659.0 260224s xxu CD I249 1 0013788 Cornot-Gandolphe, Sylvie 22138 International Gas Union, IGU 13105 World Gas Conference (22nd. : 2003 jun 1-5 : Tokyo) 22029 The challenges of further cost reduction for new supply options (pipeline, LNG and GTL) 12/09/06 ; 22/07/2003 16 p. Disponible en CD en formato PDF Transcripción del abstract original del autor: Exploiting the world's gas resources will require massive investment in production facilities and infrastructure to transport gas from the regions with large and low-cost gas reserves to highly populated areas with growing gas demand. The share of transportation in total supply costs in general is likely to rise as supply chains lengthen with the depletion of reserves located closest to markets. Reduction in the cost of transportation will be necessary to transport the huge reserves of supplying countries to the major gas markets. In the past two decades, the cost of pipeline transportation offshore or onshore and the cost of LNG supply has decreased significantly. Significant potential remains for reducing transportation costs through high-pressure pipeline technology, deepwater pipeline systems, more efficient LNG plants and larger carriers. Innovative technology may open up opportunities for exploiting resources that current technologies cannot tap. Continued advances in gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology could allow the development of some reserves currently considered to be "stranded" due to their small size and remoteness from markets. The paper analyses costs reduction in gas and LNG transportation, the emergence of new technologies, such as GTL, and gives costs comparison between the three options: LNG, pipeline and GTL. It also analyses the long-term prospects for natural gas trade and the available options by regions. International Gas Union, IGU 13105 CONGTP ddc 149530 149530 0 0 0 0 217349 BAAB BAAB CD I249 1 0013788 2026-03-04 200025522 0 CD I249 1 0013788 200025522 2026-03-04 16:38:43 2026-03-04 ARCHIVO