A site selection methodology for CO2 underground storage in deep saline aquifers: case of the Paris Basin

International audienceSite selection is a fundamental step, which can condition the success of a CO2 geological storage. A CO2 storage has to gather several targets, which can be expressed through a list of criteria. In the proposed site selection methodology, these criteria can be classified into “killer criteria” and “site-qualification criteria”, whose combinations allow identifying potential sites and the most appropriate one(s). This multicriteria methodology is applied on the PICOREF study area, located in the Paris Basin, on which potential site(s) in deep saline aquifers are investigated

Importance of the Caspian Countries for the European Union

When there is a lack of energy resources in the EU and it has to look for suppliers from other countries, Russia provides the world with most of the oil and gas. Diversification of energy resources is one of the objectives for the EU. The majority of international participants are interested in discovering the potential of the sea. However, the development of the region’s resources still faces many obstacles, such as lack of export pipelines, difficulties due to security of supply considerations, transit complications, political and legal considerations and market uncertainties. This study focuses on the countries of the former Soviet Union such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in Central Asia, and Azerbaijan in Transcaucasia. One of the six priority areas of the EU in the energy infrastructure of - the Southern Energy Corridor (SEC), the purpose of which is to link the Caspian basin and potentially Middle Eastern gas to Europe. In the article, we analyzed the potential of the Caspian basin in terms of energy and its impact on the energy security of the European Union.Коли в ЄС виникає брак енергоресурсів, і він повинен шукати постачальників з інших країн, Росія забезпечує світ більшістю нафти та газу. Диверсифікація енергетичних ресурсів є однією з цілей для ЄС. Більшість міжнародних учасників зацікавлені у відкритті потенціалу моря. Проте для розвитку ресурсів регіону як і раніше виникають чимало перешкод, таких як відсутність експортних трубопроводів, труднощі з точки зору безпеки поставок, ускладнення транзиту, політичні та правові міркування та невизначеність ринку. Це дослідження присвячено країнам колишнього Радянського Союзу, таким як Узбекистан, Казахстан та Туркменістан в Центральній Азії, а також Азербайджану в Закавказзі. Одна з шести пріоритетних напрямків діяльності ЄС в енергетичній інфраструктурі - Південний енергетичний коридор (SEC), метою якої є з'єднання Каспійського басейну та потенційно ближнього східного газу до Європи. У статті ми проаналізували потенціал Каспійського басейну з точки зору енергії та її вплив на енергетичну безпеку Європейського Союзу.Когда в ЕС отсутствует дефицит энергоресурсов, и он должен искать поставщиков из других стран, Россия предоставляет миру большую часть нефти и газа. Диверсификация энергетических ресурсов является одной из целей для ЕС. Большинство международных участников заинтересованы в обнаружении потенциала моря. Однако развитие ресурсов региона по-прежнему сопряжено со многими препятствиями, такими как отсутствие экспортных трубопроводов, трудности, связанные с безопасностью соображений предложения, осложнениями транзита, политическими и юридическими соображениями и неопределенностью рынка. В этом исследовании основное внимание уделяется странам бывшего Советского Союза, таким как Узбекистан, Казахстан и Туркменистан в Центральной Азии, а также Азербайджан в Закавказье. Один из шести приоритетных направлений ЕС в энергетической инфраструктуре Южного энергетического коридора (SEC), целью которого является увязка Каспийского бассейна и потенциально ближневосточного газа с Европой. В статье мы проанализировали потенциал Каспийского бассейна с точки зрения энергетики и ее влияния на энергетическую безопасность Европейского Союза

Importance of the Caspian Countries for the European Union Energy Security

When there is a lack of energy resources in the EU and it has to look for suppliers from other countries, Russia provides the world with most of the oil and gas. Diversification of energy resources is one of the objectives for the EU. The majority of international participants are interested in discovering the potential of the sea. However, the development of the region's resources still faces many obstacles, such as lack of export pipelines, difficulties due to security of supply considerations, transit complications, political and legal considerations and market uncertainties. This study focuses on the countries of the former Soviet Union such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in Central Asia, and Azerbaijan in Transcaucasia. One of the six priority areas of the EU in the energy infrastructure of - the Southern Energy Corridor (SEC), the purpose of which is to link the Caspian basin and potentially Middle Eastern gas to Europe. In the article, we analyzed the potential of the Caspian basin in terms of energy and its impact on the energy security of the European Union. Keywords: Caspian Sea, Central Asia, European Union, Southern Corridor, Pipeline, Energy Security JEL Classifications: F52, H55, H56

Importance of the Caspian Countries for the European Union

When there is a lack of energy resources in the EU and it has to look for suppliers from other countries, Russia provides the world with most of the oil and gas. Diversification of energy resources is one of the objectives for the EU. The majority of international participants are interested in discovering the potential of the sea. However, the development of the region’s resources still faces many obstacles, such as lack of export pipelines, difficulties due to security of supply considerations, transit complications, political and legal considerations and market uncertainties. This study focuses on the countries of the former Soviet Union such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in Central Asia, and Azerbaijan in Transcaucasia. One of the six priority areas of the EU in the energy infrastructure of - the Southern Energy Corridor (SEC), the purpose of which is to link the Caspian basin and potentially Middle Eastern gas to Europe. In the article, we analyzed the potential of the Caspian basin in terms of energy and its impact on the energy security of the European Union.Коли в ЄС виникає брак енергоресурсів, і він повинен шукати постачальників з інших країн, Росія забезпечує світ більшістю нафти та газу. Диверсифікація енергетичних ресурсів є однією з цілей для ЄС. Більшість міжнародних учасників зацікавлені у відкритті потенціалу моря. Проте для розвитку ресурсів регіону як і раніше виникають чимало перешкод, таких як відсутність експортних трубопроводів, труднощі з точки зору безпеки поставок, ускладнення транзиту, політичні та правові міркування та невизначеність ринку. Це дослідження присвячено країнам колишнього Радянського Союзу, таким як Узбекистан, Казахстан та Туркменістан в Центральній Азії, а також Азербайджану в Закавказзі. Одна з шести пріоритетних напрямків діяльності ЄС в енергетичній інфраструктурі - Південний енергетичний коридор (SEC), метою якої є з'єднання Каспійського басейну та потенційно ближнього східного газу до Європи. У статті ми проаналізували потенціал Каспійського басейну з точки зору енергії та її вплив на енергетичну безпеку Європейського Союзу.Когда в ЕС отсутствует дефицит энергоресурсов, и он должен искать поставщиков из других стран, Россия предоставляет миру большую часть нефти и газа. Диверсификация энергетических ресурсов является одной из целей для ЕС. Большинство международных участников заинтересованы в обнаружении потенциала моря. Однако развитие ресурсов региона по-прежнему сопряжено со многими препятствиями, такими как отсутствие экспортных трубопроводов, трудности, связанные с безопасностью соображений предложения, осложнениями транзита, политическими и юридическими соображениями и неопределенностью рынка. В этом исследовании основное внимание уделяется странам бывшего Советского Союза, таким как Узбекистан, Казахстан и Туркменистан в Центральной Азии, а также Азербайджан в Закавказье. Один из шести приоритетных направлений ЕС в энергетической инфраструктуре Южного энергетического коридора (SEC), целью которого является увязка Каспийского бассейна и потенциально ближневосточного газа с Европой. В статье мы проанализировали потенциал Каспийского бассейна с точки зрения энергетики и ее влияния на энергетическую безопасность Европейского Союза

The Conditions of Economic Efficiency and Competitiveness of Tourism Enterprises

The transition to a market system of management in Russia has put a lot of tourism enterprises in a predicament when the competition forces them to look for new ways of survival, use of competitive advantages and provision competitiveness of tourism enterprises and their service. As practice shows, many Russian tourism enterprises of are not ready for active competition, for most of them, the management of competitiveness cannot be referred to and does not act as a standalone system or subsystem in the management process. Despite having a large database and various methods of comprehensive analysis of enterprises (both in Russia and abroad), statistics of tourism enterprises do not currently offer their competitiveness assessment methods. The specific questions of measuring and competitiveness forecasting in terms of competitive market of various properties are no quite adequately developed, there are no well-defined method for competitiveness forecasting of various industrial classification enterprises. The competitiveness of tourism enterprises in the terms of competitive pressure increase is increasingly predetermined by internal and external competitive advantage o territorial subject. If the formation of internal competitive advantages depends on the competitive potential of tourism enterprise, the effectiveness of its management, the formation of external advantages - on the level of competitiveness of a country, region and industry. Keywords: competitiveness, economical efficiency, tourism JEL Classifications: L26, L82, L83, M3

Introduction to inverse problems for differential equations

This book presents a systematic exposition of the main ideas and methods in treating inverse problems for PDEs arising in basic mathematical models, though it makes no claim to being exhaustive. Mathematical models of most physical phenomena are governed by initial and boundary value problems for PDEs, and inverse problems governed by these equations arise naturally in nearly all branches of science and engineering. The book’s content, especially in the Introduction and Part I, is self-contained and is intended to also be accessible for beginning graduate students, whose mathematical background includes only basic courses in advanced calculus, PDEs and functional analysis. Further, the book can be used as the backbone for a lecture course on inverse and ill-posed problems for partial differential equations. In turn, the second part of the book consists of six nearly-independent chapters. The choice of these chapters was motivated by the fact that the inverse coefficient and source problems considered here are based on the basic and commonly used mathematical models governed by PDEs. These chapters describe not only these inverse problems, but also main inversion methods and techniques. Since the most distinctive features of any inverse problems related to PDEs are hidden in the properties of the corresponding solutions to direct problems, special attention is paid to the investigation of these properties

Thermodynamic behavior of the CO2+SO2 mixture: Experimental and Monte Carlo simulation studies

International audienceAccurate knowledge of the thermodynamic properties of CO2+ contaminant mixtures is required in order to develop optimized carbon dioxide capture and storage solutions. In the present work, the thermodynamic behavior of the CO2+SO2 binary system has been investigated using two different approaches: experimental measurements and molecular simulation calculations. Isothermal vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data have been measured at 263 K and 333 K. The composition of both the gaseous and the liquid phases were measured by gas chromatography once equilibrium had been achieved. Molecular simulation calculations of phase equilibrium were performed on the same binary mixture under the same temperature conditions using the Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo method. No calibrations on experimental binary data were performed for these calculations. The experiments and simulations appear consistent as the obtained results are in excellent agreement. As a result, molecular simulation could be used as an attractive and cost-efficient alternative to experimental techniques for generating new thermodynamic data for this mixture

MATTEX 2018, Conference proceedings

This volume contains the reports presented on the Scientific Conference with international participation MATTEX 2018 held at Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen in October 2018. The reports contain the results of the research of lecturers, PhD students, specialists and undergraduate students at Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, other Higher Education Institutions, companies and research organizations. The conference was partially supported by the Scientific Research Fund under contract DPMNF01/23-31.08.2018г., project RD-08-146/08.02.2018 of Shumen University and Paşabahçe Bulgaria, Targovishte