1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462202003321

Autore

Asmus Ronald D

Titolo

Opening NATO's Door [[electronic resource] ] : How the Alliance Remade Itself for a New Era

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Disciplina

355.031091821

355/.031091821

Soggetti

Intervention (International law)

National security -- Europe

North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Membership

Peaceful change (International relations)

Post-communism -- Europe

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Armies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; Introduction; Book I THE ORIGINS; 1. An Ambiguous Pledge; 2. Dismantling Yalta; 3. Aligning with the West; Book II THE DEBATE BEGINS; 1. Russia First; 2. Making the Case; 3. ""We Need a Perspective""; 4. The Partnership for Peace; Book III ACROSS THE RUBICON; 1. An Ambiguous Decision; 2. Shifting Gears; 3. Pressure from the Right; 4. Holbrooke's Return; 5. Across the Rubicon; Book IV ESTABLISHING THE DUAL TRACK; 1. Establishing the NATO Track; 2. A Parallel Track with Moscow; 3. The May-for-May Deal

4. The Political Battle Heats Up5. Bosnia and NATO Enlargement; Book V TOWARD A NEW NATO; 1. On the Back Burner; 2. Sleeping with the Porcupine; 3. Tough Love for Central and Eastern Europe; 4. Ukraine



and the Baltic States; 5. ""A Long Dance with Natasha""; Book VI THE NATO-RUSSIA ENDGAME; 1. Madeleine's Vision; 2. Chancellor Kohl Comes Through; 3. The Road to Helsinki; 4. Breakthrough at Helsinki; 5. Playing Both Sides of the Chessboard; Book VII HEAD-TO-HEAD AT MADRID; 1. Sintra; 2. Playing the Heavy; 3. A Baltic Challenge; 4. Madrid; 5. The Final Compromise; Book VIII THE POLITICAL BATTLE

1. Creating a Command Post: The Birth of S/NERO2. The Campaign Starts; 3. Dancing with Jesse Helms; 4. New Members and New Missions; 5. The Endgame; CONCLUSION; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How and why did NATO, a Cold War military alliance created in 1949 to counter Stalin's USSR, become the cornerstone of new security order for post-Cold War Europe? Why, instead of retreating from Europe after communism's collapse, did the U.S. launch the greatest expansion of the American commitment to the old continent in decades? Written by a high-level insider, Opening NATO's Door provides a definitive account of the ideas, politics, and diplomacy that went into the historic decision to expand NATO to Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on the still-classified archives of the U.S.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131541203321

Titolo

Fundamentals of gas shale reservoirs / / edited by Reza Rezaee, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-5231-1025-2

1-119-03926-6

1-119-03920-7

1-119-03922-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Classificazione

TEC031030

Disciplina

553.2/85

Soggetti

Shale gas reservoirs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1 GAS SHALE: GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND CHALLENGES; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 SHALE GAS OVERVIEW; 1.2.1 Shale Gas Geology; 1.2.2 Characteristics of Producing Shale Gas Play; 1.3 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SHALE GAS; 1.4 GLOBAL SHALE GAS RESOURCES; 1.4.1 Sources of Information; 1.4.2 Resource Estimation Methodologies; 1.5 GLOBAL RESOURCE DATA; 1.5.1 China; 1.5.2 The United States; 1.5.3 Mexico; 1.5.4 Southern South America; 1.5.5 South Africa; 1.5.6 Australia; 1.5.7 Canada; 1.5.8 North Africa; 1.5.9 Poland; 1.5.10 France

1.5.11 Russia 1.5.12 Scandinavia; 1.5.13 Middle East; 1.5.14 India; 1.5.15 Pakistan; 1.5.16 Northwest Africa; 1.5.17 Eastern Europe (Outside of Poland); 1.5.18 Germany and Surrounding Nations; 1.5.19 The United Kingdom; 1.5.20 Northern South America; 1.5.21 Turkey; 1.6 DATA ASSESSMENT; 1.6.1 Distribution; 1.6.2 Basin Type; 1.6.3 Depositional Environment; 1.6.4 TOC Content; 1.6.5 Clay Content; 1.7 INDUSTRY CHALLENGES; 1.7.1 Environmental Challenges; 1.7.2 Commercial/Economic; 1.8 DISCUSSION; 1.9 CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX A.1 GLOBAL SHALE GAS RESOURCE DATA; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2 ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 PROCESSES BEHIND THE DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER 2010;RICH SHALE; 2.2.1 Processes Behind the Transport and Deposition of Mud; 2.2.2 Production, Destruction, and Dilution: The Many Roads to Black Shale; 2.3 STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALES; 2.4 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALES; 2.4.1 Background; 2.4.2 Controls on the Geographic Distribution of Black Shales; 2.5 ORGANIC MATTER-RICH SHALE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; 2.5.1 Continental Depositional Environments

2.5.2 Paralic Depositional Environments 2.5.3 Shallow Marine Depositional Environments; 2.5.4 Deep Marine Depositional Environments; 2.6 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 GEOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT OF UNCONVENTIONAL SHALE GAS RESOURCE SYSTEMS; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND; 3.3 KEROGEN QUANTITY AND QUALITY; 3.4 SAMPLE TYPE AND QUALITY; 3.5 KEROGEN TYPE and COMPOSITIONAL YIELDS; 3.6 THERMAL MATURITY; 3.7 ORGANOPOROSITY DEVELOPMENT; 3.8 GAS CONTENTS; 3.9 EXPULSION-RETENTION OF PETROLEUM; 3.10 SECONDARY (PETROLEUM) CRACKING; 3.11 UPPER MATURITY LIMIT FOR SHALE GAS

3.12 GAS COMPOSITION AND CARBON ISOTOPES 3.13 ADDITIONAL GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES FOR SHALE GAS RESOURCE SYSTEM EVALUATION; 3.14 OIL AND CONDENSATE WITH SHALE GAS; 3.15 MAJOR SHALE GAS RESOURCE SYSTEMS; 3.16 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE SHALES; SUMMARY; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 GENERAL SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC MODEL FOR UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE SHALES; 4.3 AGES OF SEA-LEVEL CYCLES; 4.4 WATER DEPTH OF MUD TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION; 4.5 CRITERIA TO IDENTIFY SEQUENCES AND SYSTEMS TRACTS; 4.6 PALEOZOIC RESOURCE SHALE EXAMPLES

4.6.1 Barnett Shale (Devonian)

Sommario/riassunto

Provides comprehensive information about the key exploration, development and optimization concepts required for gas shale reservoirs Includes statistics about gas shale resources and countries that have shale gas potential Addresses the challenges that oil and gas industries may confront for gas shale reservoir exploration and development Introduces petrophysical analysis, rock physics, geomechanics and passive seismic methods for gas shale plays Details



shale gas environmental issues and challenges, economic consideration for gas shale reservoirsIncludes case studies of major producing gas shale