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This book is a companion to "Natural Gas Hydrate in Oceanic and
Permafrost Environments" (Max, 2000, 2003), which is the first book
on gas hydrate in this series. Although other gases can naturally
form clathrate hydrates (referred to after as 'hydrate'), we are
concerned here only with hydrocarbon gases that form hydrates. The
most important of these natural gases is methane. Whereas the first
book is a general introduction to the subject of natural gas
hydrate, this book focuses on the geology and geochemical controls
of gas hydrate development and on gas extraction from naturally
occurring hydrocarbon hydrates. This is the first broad treatment
of gas hydrate as a natural resource within an economic geological
framework. This book is written mainly to stand alone for brevity
and to minimize duplication. Information in Max (2000; 2003) should
also be consulted for completeness. Hydrate is a type of clathrate
(Sloan, 1998) that is formed from a cage structure of water
molecules in which gas molecules occupying void sites within the
cages stabilize the structure through van der Waals or hydrogen
bonding.
The book is an up-to-date basic reference for natural gas hydrate
(NGH) in the Arctic Ocean. Geographical, geological, environmental,
energy, new technology, and regulatory matters are discussed. The
book should be of interest to general readers and scientists and
students as well as industry and government agencies concerned with
energy and ocean management. NGH is a solid crystalline material
that compresses gas by about a factor of about 164 during
crystallization from natural gas (mainly methane) - rich pore
waters over time. NGH displaces water and may form large
concentrations in sediment pore space. Its formation introduces
changes in the geotechnical character of host sediment that allows
it to be distinguished by seismic and electric exploration methods.
The chemical reaction that forms NGH from gas and water molecules
is highly reversible, which allows controlled conversion of the NGH
to its constituent gas and water. This can be achieved rapidly by
one of a number of processes including heating, depressurization,
inhibitor injection, dissolution, and molecular replacement. The
produced gas has the potential to make NGH a valuable
unconventional natural gas resource, and perhaps the largest on
earth. Estimates for NGH distribution, concentration, economic
targets, and volumes in the Arctic Ocean have been carried out by
restricting the economic target to deepwater turbidite sands, which
are also sediment hosts for more deeply buried conventional
hydrocarbon deposits. Resource base estimates are based on NGH
petroleum system analysis approach using industry-standard
parameters along with analogs from three relatively well known
examples (Nankai-Japan, Gulf of Mexico-United States, and Arctic
permafrost hydrate). Drilling data has substantiated new
geotechnical-level seismic analysis techniques for estimating not
just the presence of NGH but prospect volumes. In addition to a
volumetric estimate for NGH having economic potential, a
sedimentary depositional model is proposed to aid exploration in
the five different regions around the deep central Arctic Ocean
basin. Related topics are also discussed. Transport and logistics
for NGH may also be applicable for stranded conventional gas and
oil deposits. Arising from a discussion of new technology and
methodologies that could be applied to developing NGH, suggestions
are made for the lowering of exploration and capital expenses that
could make NGH competitive on a produced cost basis. The basis for
the extraordinarily low environmental risk for exploration and
production of NGH is discussed, especially with respect to the
environmentally fragile Arctic region. It is suggested that because
of the low environmental risk, special regulations could be written
that would provide a framework for very low cost and safe
development.
**** EXPORT AND IRELAND ONLY **** The Spanish Civil War, which
raged from 1936-9, was a brutal and intense war which claimed well
over 500,000 lives. Rightly predicting that the rise of Fascism in
Spain could develop into a more global conflict, almost 2500
British volunteers travelled to Spain under the banner of the
International Brigade to fight for the Spanish Republic in an
attempt to stem the tide. Acclaimed oral historian Max Arthur has
tracked down the eight survivors of this conflict, and interviewed
them for their unique perspective, their memories of their time
fighting and the motives which compelled them to fight. Theirs is a
unique story, of men and women volunteering to lay down their lives
for a cause, believing passionately that the Spanish Republic's
fight was their fight too. From Union leader to nurse, Egyptologist
to IRA activist, these survivors have incredible, compelling and
sometimes harrowing tales to tell of their experiences, revealing
their ideologies, pride, regrets, and feelings about the legacy of
the actions they took. "For most young people there was a feeling
of frustration, but some were determined to do anything that seemed
possible, even if it meant death, to try to stop the spread of
Fascism. It was real, and it had to be stopped." Jack Jones -
Volunteer, 94
The 'Forgotten Voices' of the First World War speak for the final
time. LAST POST is very consciously the last word from the handful
of First World War survivors who were left alive in 2004. Now they
have passed away, our final human connection with the First World
War has been broken. Max Arthur, a skilled interviewer, took the
very last chance we had to ask questions of those who were there.
Now updated to include a new introduction by the author for the
centenary of the First World War.
Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular Forgotten
Voices series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in
the Edwardian era. The Edwardian era is often eclipsed in the
popular imagination by the Victorian age that preceded it and World
War I that followed. In this wonderful work, Max Arthur redresses
this imbalance, combining oral history and images from the
rediscovered Edwardian Mitchell and Kenyon film footage to give
voice to the forgotten figures who peopled the cities, factories
and seasides of Britain. This extraordinary period was fuelled by a
relentless sense of progress and witnessed the invention of many of
the technologies we now take for granted. The extremes of this
upstairs-downstairs world prompted a huge upsurge in political
activity, and the Edwardian age saw the rise of socialism and the
emergence of the suffragette movement. These years are made all the
more poignant by our knowledge that World War I was imminent and
this time of optimistic development would be brutally cut short.
This exciting work draws together the experiences of people from
all walks of life, capturing the first generation that were able to
record their lives on film and imbuing them with an emotional
immediacy.
This second edition provides extensive information on the
attributes of the Natural Gas Hydrate (NGH) system, highlighting
opportunities for the innovative use and modification of existing
technologies, as well as new approaches and technologies that have
the potential to dramatically lower the cost of NGH exploration and
production. Above all, the book compares the physical,
environmental, and commercial aspects of the NGH system with those
of other gas resources. It subsequently argues and demonstrates
that natural gas can provide the least expensive energy during the
transition to, and possibly within, a renewable energy future, and
that NGH poses the lowest environmental risk of all gas resources.
Intended as a non-mathematical, descriptive text that should be
understandable to non-specialists as well as to engineers concerned
with the physical characteristics of NGH reservoirs and their
production, the book is written for readers at the university
graduate level. It offers a valuable reference guide for
environmentalists and the energy community, and includes
discussions that will be of great interest to energy industry
professionals, legislators, administrators, regulators, and all
those concerned with energy options and their respective advantages
and disadvantages.
This is the first book that attempts to broadly integrate the most
recent knowledge in the fields of hydrate nucleation and growth in
permafrost regions and marine sediments. Gas hydrate reactant
supply, growth models, and implications for pore fill by natural
gas hydrate are discussed for both seawater precursors in marine
sediments and for permafrost hydrate. These models for forming
hydrate concentrations that will constitute targets for exploration
are discussed, along with exploration methods. Thermodynamic models
for the controlled conversion of hydrate to natural gas, which can
be recovered using conventional industry practices, suggest that a
number of different types of hydrate occurrence are likely to be
practical sources of hydrate natural gas. Current progress in the
various aspects of commercial development of hydrate gas deposits
are discussed, along with the principal extractive issues that have
yet to be resolved.
Audience
The book will be of interest to petroleum geologists, earth
scientists (marine geology and geophysics), government departments
and institutions concerned with energy resources.
CD-ROM included
A CD-ROM is included containing additional figures, and a
selection of high quality color images which are printed in black
and white in the book itself.
On 6 June 1944 Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight,
160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness settled
over the country. The majority of those men would never return.
This is the story of that extraordinary 24 hours. Using a wealth of
first person testimonies, renowned historian Max Arthur recounts a
remarkable new oral history of D-Day, beginning with the two years
leading up to the silent day which saw the UK transformed by the
arrival of thousands of American and Canadian troops. We also hear
the views of the American troops, who quickly formed strong views
of both the British military and civilian populations. Then, on
that June morning, many Britain people woke up to discover that
vast areas of the country, which had throbbed with life only the
day before, were now empty and silent. Civilian workers found
coffee pots still warm on the stove but not a soul to greet them.
Many women - and children - felt bewildered and betrayed. Then,
throughout that day and the days that followed, the whole
population gathered around wireless sets, waiting for news. There
are powerful testimonies from families of who lost loved ones on
the beaches of Normandy, and dramatic personal accounts from young
widows who had never had the chance to say goodbye. THE SILENT DAY
is an original and evocative portrait of a key event in world
history, and a poignant reminder of the human cost of D-Day.
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