Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| Table of Contents | 7 | 4 |
| List of Tables | 9 | 1 |
| List of Figures | 10 | 1 |
| Natural Gas Industry to 2017 - Introduction | 11 | 1 |
| Overview of the Natural Gas Industry | 12 | 4 |
| Natural Gas Industry Structure | 12 | 1 |
| Exploration | 13 | 1 |
| Extraction | 13 | 1 |
| Production | 14 | 1 |
| Transportation | 14 | 1 |
| Storage | 14 | 1 |
| Distribution | 15 | 1 |
| Marketing | 15 | 1 |
| Key Trends | 16 | 5 |
| Consumption Shift from Crude Oil to Natural Gas and Depleting Conventional Crude Oil Reserves is Expected to Create a Steady Increase in Demand | 16 | 1 |
| Increasing Demand from the Asia-Pacific and Natural Gas Production in Australia Boosting the LNG Industry | 17 | 1 |
| Unconventional Natural Gas Production Expected to Rise Steadily Due to Technological Advances and Fresh Discoveries | 18 | 1 |
| Infrastructural Limitations in Logistics and Transportation Leading to Variations in Natural Gas Prices across Geographies | 19 | 1 |
| Changing Supply and Demand Dynamics Create Paradigm Shift in Natural Gas Industry | 20 | 1 |
| High Levels in Gas Storage Facilities Worldwide Expected to Lead to Low Market Prices in the Immediate Future | 20 | 1 |
| Supply and Demand Outlook to 2017 | 21 | 12 |
| Global Natural Gas Consumption, 2001-2017 | 21 | 2 |
| Global Natural Gas Consumption, Geographic Analysis | 23 | 2 |
| Global Natural Gas Production, 2001-2017 | 25 | 2 |
| Global Natural Gas Production, Geographic Analysis | 27 | 2 |
| Natural Gas Industry, End uses | 29 | 1 |
| Residential Customers | 29 | 1 |
| Industrial Customers | 29 | 1 |
| Commercial Customers | 29 | 1 |
| Transportation Customers | 30 | 1 |
| Electricity Generation Customers | 31 | 1 |
| Distributed Generation | 31 | 1 |
| Fuel Cells | 32 | 1 |
| Natural Gas Exploration and Production Industry | 33 | 11 |
| Global Natural Gas Reserves, 2011 | 33 | 2 |
| Global Natural Gas Production To 2017 | 35 | 2 |
| Global Natural Gas Production, Geographic Analysis | 37 | 2 |
| Global Natural Gas Industry, Competitive Analysis | 39 | 1 |
| Asia-Pacific | 39 | 1 |
| Europe | 40 | 1 |
| Middle East and Africa | 41 | 1 |
| North America | 42 | 1 |
| South and Central America | 43 | 1 |
| Natural Gas Pipelines Industry | 44 | 13 |
| Global Natural Gas Pipeline Industry | 44 | 2 |
| Global Natural Gas Pipeline Industry, Geopolitical Scenario | 46 | 1 |
| Global Natural Gas Pipeline Industry, Geographic Analysis | 46 | 1 |
| Asia-Pacific | 46 | 2 |
| Europe | 48 | 1 |
| Middle East and Africa | 49 | 1 |
| North America | 50 | 1 |
| South and Central America | 51 | 1 |
| Global Natural Gas Pipeline Industry, Competitive Analysis | 52 | 1 |
| Asia-Pacific | 52 | 1 |
| Europe | 53 | 1 |
| Middle East and Africa | 54 | 1 |
| North America | 55 | 1 |
| South and Central America | 56 | 1 |
| LNG Industry | 57 | 8 |
| Global LNG Liquefaction and Regasification Capacity to 2017 | 57 | 1 |
| Global LNG Liquefaction Capacity to 2017 | 57 | 2 |
| Global LNG Regasification Capacity to 2017 | 59 | 1 |
| Global LNG Industry, Geographic Analysis | 60 | 1 |
| Liquefaction Capacity | 61 | 2 |
| Regasification Capacity | 63 | 2 |
| LNG and Pipeline Economics | 65 | 5 |
| Comparison of Transportation Cost from LNG versus Pipelines | 65 | 2 |
| Pipe-laying | 67 | 1 |
| Liquefaction and Regasification Costs | 67 | 1 |
| LNG Transportation and Storage Costs | 68 | 1 |
| LNG Pricing Mechanism | 68 | 2 |
| Natural Gas Storage Industry | 70 | 8 |
| Global Natural Gas Storage Industry, Top Countries | 70 | 1 |
| Geographic Analysis of the Global Gas Storage Industry | 71 | 1 |
| Asia-Pacific | 71 | 1 |
| Europe | 72 | 1 |
| North America | 73 | 1 |
| Global Natural Gas Storage Industry, Competitive Analysis | 74 | 1 |
| North America | 75 | 1 |
| Asia-Pacific | 76 | 1 |
| Europe | 77 | 1 |
| Unconventional Natural Gas Industry | 78 | 2 |
| Unconventional Natural Gas Industry, Future Outlook | 78 | 1 |
| Shale Gas to Emerge as the Primary Unconventional Gas Source in North America | 79 | 1 |
| Appendix | 80 | 3 |
| Abbreviations | 80 | 1 |
| Market Definition | 80 | 1 |
| Methodology | 80 | 2 |
| Coverage | 81 | 1 |
| Secondary Research | 81 | 1 |
| Primary Research | 81 | 1 |
| Expert Panel Validation | 81 | 1 |
| References | 82 | 1 |
| Contact Us | 82 | 1 |
| Disclaimer | 82 | 1 |
