Natural gas overview for world economy: From primary supply to final demand via global supply chains

Kan, Siyi; Chen, B.; Wu, Xiaofang; Chen, Z.M.; Chen, G.Q.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.10.002

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“…These linked influences require that countries consider the environmental emissions and resource consumption issues along the global supply chain in trade; rather than just domestic production. These considerations are necessary to holistically understand economic development and environmental and resource concerns (Davis and Caldeira, 2010;Kan et al, 2019b).…”

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Examining the role of BRICS countries at the global economic and environmental resources nexus

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Sarkis

Geng

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Journal of Environmental Management

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The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are central to future global economic development. However, they are facing both environmental and natural resource stresses due to their rapid economic growth. This study examines the balance between economic benefits and cost of environmental emissions and resource usage in BRICS countries so that future sustainable development insights can be provided. The historical trends of carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), water, land, energy and material footprints of these countries from 1995 to 2015 are evaluated with a multi-regional input-output model. Also, whether a decoupling relationship exists between economic development, environmental emissions and resources consumption, is examined. In addition, whether environmental emissions and resource usage costs to obtain identical economic gains of these countries 2 in global trade are explored. The major results show that in congruence with economic development, the average annual growth rates of footprint indicators ranged from 0.2% in 1995 to 9.8% in 2015. A decoupling effect did not occur for CO2 emissions or water consumption but did exist for other indicators. Global trade across the supply chain shows to achieve a unit of USD economic benefit from trade, BRICS countries tend to use relatively greater environmental emissions and resource consumption to high income countries, when compared to other income level countries. These emergent economies did receive relatively greater benefits per environmental emissions and resource usage cost from lower-middle and low-income countries.

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Examining the role of BRICS countries at the global economic and environmental resources nexus

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Geng

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Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Along with physical goods/services flows are also embodied energy flows (embodied natural gas flows in this case). Once being exploited from the environment, natural gas enters the economic system and is traded between different economic units, either as a kind of commodity or as embodiment in goods/services, before it is eventually consumed by final consumers (Kan et al, 2019b). By circulating in the world economic system, embodied natural gas flows also form a virtual biophysical network consequently.…”

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“…Given all this, this paper endeavors to track direct and indirect natural gas use from primary supply to final consumption along global supply chains for the globalized world economy during 2000-2011, with due attention paid to both intermediate and final trade. As an extension of our previous work (Kan et al, 2019b), it performs a time series analysis with the time horizon from 2000 to 2011, instead of focusing on a single benchmark year, in order to reveal the evolving profiles of embodied-gas-related final consumption structures and import/export patterns for dominating agents in global supply chains (e.g., exploiters, final consumers, intermediate and final importers and exporters) as well as international trade flows and trade relations. By revealing these dynamic change patterns, time series analysis can not only be applied to assess efficacy of existing policies on natural gas but also provide comprehensive references for policy makers to predict future natural gas trade and use, and eventually help to promote local and global sustainable gas use in the context of a changing natural gas landscape.…”

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An extended overview of natural gas use embodied in world economy and supply chains: Policy implications from a time series analysis

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As an extension of our previous study on natural gas use in world economy (Kan et al, Energy Policy 124 (2019) 215-225), this paper explores policy implications based on a time series analysis uncovering the evolution of natural gas use embodied in global supply chains during 2000-2011. Due to increasing gas supply from gas-rich regions to gas-scarce regions and outsourcing of energy-intensive industries, trade imbalance of embodied natural gas is intensifying globally, corresponding to strengthening gas resource relocation and environmental stress shift. Regarding trade patterns, EU and Russia remain the leading (net) importer and exporter of embodied gas, respectively. And global trade relations are diversifying over time, with more suppliers and recipients joining the international trade. Based on the New Policies Scenario provided by IEA, a long term forecast of embodied gas use illustrates need to prepare for a world with changing energy mix, with respect to growing availability of low-cost natural gas and robust demand growth coming from emerging economies, especially China, who is struggling to fight against air pollution through coal-togas switch. Potential room to expand natural gas utilization is also targeted, and the expansion requires coordination of all the agents in global supply chains.

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“…In the US, natural gas is expected to account for 40 percent of the nation's energy consumption by 2040 and its production is expected to grow by 65 percent, replacing oil as the main fuel. In Russia, where gas will dominate the energy mix with a 50% share, production will rise to 72 BCF/d [2]. In China, the national consumption of natural gas accounted for 3.4% of the total energy consumption in 2008.…”

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A Survey of Research Progress and Hot Front of Natural Gas Load Forecasting From Technical Perspective

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Natural gas overview for world economy: From primary supply to final demand via global supply chains

Cited by 110 publications

References 54 publications

Examining the role of BRICS countries at the global economic and environmental resources nexus

Examining the role of BRICS countries at the global economic and environmental resources nexus

An extended overview of natural gas use embodied in world economy and supply chains: Policy implications from a time series analysis

A Survey of Research Progress and Hot Front of Natural Gas Load Forecasting From Technical Perspective

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