Zemní plyn ve světové ekonomice se zaměřením na nové trendy v EU

This bachelor thesis deals with natural gas and its importance for the world economy. The thesis focuses on new trends in the EU which mainly relate to shale gas and the transportation of natural gas. The first chapter characterizes generally natural gas, its origin and its way from a reservoir to a consumer. It also analyzes the controversial extraction of shale gas. The second chapter focuses on individual regions and leading countries in production, consumption, export and import of natural gas. It also describes natural gas reserves and transportation and the world's biggest gas companies. The third chapter, which deals with countries of the EU, contains the same subheads as the previous chapter. Moreover, it describes the development of the EU energy policy.