Security of Natural Gas Supply through Transit Countries

Current Status of Producer Countries and Conditions for the Transit of Natural Gas.- Prospects of the Caspian Natural Gas Supply to Europe and Probable Impact on the Energy Security of Transit Countries.- Power System Situation Autumn-Winter 2002–2003 and Aspects of Energy Security in Georgia.- Current Status of Natural Gas Sector.- Italian Experience Pertaining to Natural Gas in Transportation and Development; Rationale for the Italian Involvement in a Tratsit Country.- Modern Technologies.- State of the Art in Liquefaction Technologies for Natural Gas.- On the Relevance of Integrating LNG with the Energy Supply Systems of Transit Countries.- Russian Gas Supply and Some Prospects of Small Scale LNG Units.- Strategic Reserves and Geological Survey.- Up-to-Date Researches and Future Trends in Underground Gas Storage Facillties: A State of the Art Review.- Underground Gas Storage in Georgia.- Underground Gas Storage: Planning and Modeling with Simsim, a New Reservoir Engineering Software Tool.- Assessment Studies for the Creation of Underground Gas Storage Facilities in Georgia.- Geotechnical Survey Optimization for Pipeline Construction in High Mountainous Regions.- Economics and Legislative Aspects of Gas Transport and Geopolitics.- Prospects for Gas Supply and Demand and Their Implication with Reference to Transit Countries and Their Policy.- Impacts of the European Gas Directive on Gas Exporters.- The Impediments to Establish an Energy-Regime in Caucasia.- Gazprom in Georgia.- Other Aspects of Pipeline Transportation.- Fossil Fuels Long Distance Pipeline Transport.- Logical Basis, Logistics and Architecture of Modular Systems.- Some Aspects of Reliability of Gas Mains.- Recommendations and Conclusions.- Co-Directors Summary of Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.