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A concise view of the petroleum shipping industry, its history, and how it is affected by the world petroleum markets. Volume 1 covers the history of energy import, and important characteristics of the three primary types of petroleum shipping (oil, lpg and lng carriers).
In this updated and revised second edition, author Michael Tusiani uses everyday language and real-world examples to help readers understand the complex LNG industry. The authors Michael Tusiani and Gordon Shearer build upon the knowledge contained in their comprehensive and valuable reference LNG: A Nontechnical Guide . The book uses everyday language and real-world examples to help readers understand the complex LNG industry. It also provides the reader with insights into changes in the markets, technology advances and the commercial evolution of what remains as one of the most capital-intensive and formidable global industries. Features include: Explains the technologies utilized: liquefaction, shipping and regasification, onshore and floating Covers existing and proposed worldwide LNG projects Examines the economics and commercial structure of the LNG industry, including synopses of gas supply agreements, LNG sales contracts, and financing Discusses shipping conventions and regulations . This book is an important resource for energy industry leaders, investment bankers, energy professionals, or anyone wanting to expand their knowledge of the LNG industry
This set gives a broad introductory overview of the entire petroleum marine industry and how it is affected by the world petroleum markets. Volume 2: Ship brokerage S&P and project brokerage Single voyage charters Timecharters Ship operation and international regulation Oil spill prevention and quality assurance Initatives by classification societies, owners, and oil companies Flag and port state control Voyage costs: port changes Voyage costs: manning supplies & maintenance Operating costs: marine insurance Operating costs: the shore-based organization Owner's investment analysis of a vessel Banker's credit analysis of a vessel Mezzanine, lease, and equity financing.
The story of Pamela Tusiani's struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder. Alternating narrative by her mother about the struggle from the parents' point of view, and the effects on her family. Inspiring story.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a commercially attractive phase of the commodity that facilitates the efficient handling and transportation of natural gas around the world. The LNG industry, using technologies proven over decades of development, continues to expand its markets, diversify its supply chains and increase its share of the global natural gas trade. The Handbook of Liquefied Natural Gas is a timely book as the industry is currently developing new large sources of supply and the technologies have evolved in recent years to enable offshore infrastructure to develop and handle resources in more remote and harsher environments. It is the only book of its kind, covering the many aspects...
Description of available technologies in gas liquefaction and LNG regasification
Today, Qatar is among the world’s wealthiest countries. Its rich hydrocarbon resources have transformed this small Gulf state into an energy powerhouse, funded its outsized global ambitions, and allowed it to forge an identity separate from those of its large and powerful neighbors. Drawing on Michael D. Tusiani’s firsthand accounts and deep personal experience in the energy sector and Anne-Marie Johnson’s years of reporting, this book explores how Qatar became a major player in the global energy market. It follows the twists and turns of Qatar’s road to riches, from the first interest by British and American oil companies in the 1920s to the decades it took to develop the North fiel...
Winner of the 2022 SCSC Bainton Prize for Reference Works A Companion to François Rabelais offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the works of François Rabelais, one of the most influential writers of the Western literary tradition. A monk, medical doctor, translator and editor, Rabelais embodies the ideals of Renaissance humanism. His genre-bending fiction combines vast erudition, comic verve, and critical observations of all spheres of contemporary life that are relevant to this day. Two sections of this volume situate Rabelais’s work in the larger social, political, and literary context of his time. A third section gives concise interpretations of each of the five books of the Pantagrueline Chronicles. The contributors are eminent scholars of early modern literature. They include: Tom Conley, François Cornilliat, Marie-Luce Demonet, Diane Desrosiers, Mireille Huchon, Elsa Kammerer, Jelle Koopmans, Claude La Charité, Nicolas Le Cadet, Frank Lestringant, Romain Menini, Gérard Milhe Poutingon, Marie-Claire Thomine, Jean-Charles Monferran, John Parkin, Jeff Persels, Anne-Pascale Pouey-Mounou, Michael Randall, Paul J. Smith, and Walter Stephens.
Volume 5 of the planned 14 volume series, brings us to a pivotal moment in the career of Dr King. After a visit to India in 1959 he revitalised the Southern Christian Leadership Conference & propelled himself to a leading role in the renewed activism of 1960.