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Natural gas
Trávníček, Zdeněk ; Moskalík, Jiří (referee) ; Pospíšil, Jiří (advisor)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to collect facts about natural gas, focusing mainly on the situation in the Czech Republic. Firstly, the thesis discusses the natural gas in general - its properties, world resources, ways of production and usage. The main part of the thesis deals with supply and accumulation of natural gas in the Czech Republic. Secondly, enumeration and brief description of possibilities of natural gas substitution is presented. Finally, comparison of usage of classic non-condensing and condensing boiler for a family house heating is introduced. Recommendation of boiler type based on the model example is included as well.
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The influence of shale gas on natural gas markets in Europe and North America
Otradovec, Michal ; Gutiérrez Chvalkovská, Jana (advisor) ; Rusnák, Marek (referee)
This thesis studies the impact of shale gas on the integration of natural gas markets in Europe and North America. In our practical part we examine with hard data to what extent integration of natural gas markets exists in Continental Europe and North America. We suppose that the recent changes in natural gas markets have significantly influenced the international integration between North American and European continents towards less integrated natural gas markets, but have strengthened the inner integration in these areas. Our results proved integration of natural gas market in each of the intra regional levels, what is consistent with the literature done on this topic. On the other hand our methods did not prove mutual integration between these trans-Atlantic natural gas markets, just as we expected in the hypothesis of this thesis. In our modelling we apply several approaches such as the Engle- Granger cointegration test, Johansen cointegration test and Vector error correction model to formally test for cointegration, from which we can state conclusions about mutual or inner integration. We use monthly data for a period of 1997-2011. Our research is unique becuase there are only a few existing studies on this topic to date. Our empirical tests are introduced by a solid overview of shale gas,...
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Natural gas
Trávníček, Zdeněk ; Moskalík, Jiří (referee) ; Pospíšil, Jiří (advisor)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to collect facts about natural gas, focusing mainly on the situation in the Czech Republic. Firstly, the thesis discusses the natural gas in general - its properties, world resources, ways of production and usage. The main part of the thesis deals with supply and accumulation of natural gas in the Czech Republic. Secondly, enumeration and brief description of possibilities of natural gas substitution is presented. Finally, comparison of usage of classic non-condensing and condensing boiler for a family house heating is introduced. Recommendation of boiler type based on the model example is included as well.
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USA and the energy revolution of shale gas
Bednaříková, Markéta ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Straková, Eliška (referee)
The thesis refers to the extraction of unconventional shale gas, which is one of the most discussed topics of last few years. It was not considered to be profitable until the end of the 20th century. What made the extraction cost-effective was the combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. While the first chapter characterize the shale gas and informs about the historical development, the second chapter aims at the economic impacts. Falling price of gas caused by the overproduction decreases the costs of enterprises and expenditures of households. The unemployment declines too. The third chapter describes the view into the future and utilization of shale gas in energetics, because the cheap gas makes the electricity production cost less. Then the possibility of gas export will be considered. Shale gas is nowhere extracted as much as in the USA. Therefore, it could be exported abroad. However, the exports of LNG could increase the value of dollar, which could badly affect the exporters of American products.
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