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Gas stakes in developing countries and going beyond institutional obstacles to resource utilization

Abstract

Up to now, the development of natural gas industry has been limited mostly to North America, Europe and Japan. Natural gas is widely appreciated as an energy source due to its abundance, physical characteristics and low production cost. Because of high transportation cost, the future development of the natural gas industry is closely tied to the creation and growth of new gas markets in DC`s located close to production areas. To date, there has been little gas industry development in these zones due to organisational structural and economic barriers which driven up transaction costs. These problems, however, can be overcome using industrial organisation economics. The analytical process focuses on firms, industry structures, market configurations and their interactions. Transaction cost analysis helps us to understand the links between different upstream and downstream processes: namely gas production, gas transportation and electric power generation. The bilateral exchange model and analysis of long term US contracts allow us to develop a new understanding of contract`s role. The analysis finally shows how to reduce transaction costs. (author).
Authors:
Publication Date:
Sep 15, 1993
Product Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Report Number:
IFP-40915
Reference Number:
SCA: 030000; PA: FRC-94:001759; EDB-94:061764; NTS-94:014380; SN: 94001165120
Resource Relation:
Other Information: TH: These (D. es Sc.); PBD: 15 Sep 1993
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; ENERGY POLICY; MARKET; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; TRADE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; REGULATIONS; 030000; NATURAL GAS
OSTI ID:
10142808
Research Organizations:
Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP), 92 - Rueil-Malmaison (France); Ecole Nationale Superieure du Petrole et des Moteurs (ENSPM), 92 - Rueil-Malmaison (France); Dijon Univ., 21 (France)
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
French
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE94749213; TRN: FR9401759
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only)
Submitting Site:
FR
Size:
425 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Delafosse, E. Gas stakes in developing countries and going beyond institutional obstacles to resource utilization. France: N. p., 1993. Web.
Delafosse, E. Gas stakes in developing countries and going beyond institutional obstacles to resource utilization. France.
Delafosse, E. 1993. "Gas stakes in developing countries and going beyond institutional obstacles to resource utilization." France.
@misc{etde_10142808,
title = {Gas stakes in developing countries and going beyond institutional obstacles to resource utilization}
author = {Delafosse, E}
abstractNote = {Up to now, the development of natural gas industry has been limited mostly to North America, Europe and Japan. Natural gas is widely appreciated as an energy source due to its abundance, physical characteristics and low production cost. Because of high transportation cost, the future development of the natural gas industry is closely tied to the creation and growth of new gas markets in DC`s located close to production areas. To date, there has been little gas industry development in these zones due to organisational structural and economic barriers which driven up transaction costs. These problems, however, can be overcome using industrial organisation economics. The analytical process focuses on firms, industry structures, market configurations and their interactions. Transaction cost analysis helps us to understand the links between different upstream and downstream processes: namely gas production, gas transportation and electric power generation. The bilateral exchange model and analysis of long term US contracts allow us to develop a new understanding of contract`s role. The analysis finally shows how to reduce transaction costs. (author).}
place = {France}
year = {1993}
month = {Sep}
}