Citations of Environmental Issues Associated with the Production, Transport, Storage, Distribution and Use of Natural Gas. Topical Report, January-December 1992. Phase 2.

摘要

The report analyzes the appearance frequency of environmental trends and issues in the natural gas literature over the period January, 1989 - February, 1992. The trends and issues of interest are those described in the project's Phase I report, Trends and Issues at the Research Horizon (GRI-92/0156, April, 1992). Citations identified in the literature search were fully characterized including such key parameters as: the nature of the environmental impact, whether it represented a problem or opportunity for the gas industry, and when the impact is likely to be felt. A database was created to analyze the 327 citations. A number of database sorts (two field intersections) were performed and these intersections counted. These counts are used as an indication of the relative importance of the various trends and issues according to the industry literature.