Global Warming Implication of Natural Gas Combustion

The sections in this article are 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 Energy Sources 2.1.2 Hydrocarbon Destruction in Gas Flares 2.2 A Review of Global Warming Concept 2.2.1 Water Vapor 2.2.2 Carbon Dioxide 2.2.3 Methane 2.2.4 Nitrous Oxide 2.2.5 CFCs 2.3 Fundamentals of Natural Gas Combustion 2.4 World Natural Gas Reserves, Production, Consumption and Destruction 2.4.1 World Natural Gas Reserves 2.4.2 World Natural Gas Production 2.4.3 World Natural Gas Consumption 2.4.4 World Natural Gas Destruction 2.5 Global Warming Contribution from Natural Gas Combustion 2.5.1 Global Warming Contribution from Natural Gas Combustion in Energy Consumption 2.5.2 Global Warming Contribution from Natural Gas Combustion in Flaring Activities 2.6 Control Measures for Global Warming from Natural Gas Combustion 2.7 Conclusion Keywords: global warming; climate change; natural gas; combustion; gas flares