OPEC, in its World Oil Report, said there's an overall sense that developing shale oil and natural gas could start to redefine the global energy mix. In the United States, the cartel said shale natural gas production alone grew by more than 60 percent from 2010 to 2012. For shale oil, supplies in the United States have already passed the 1 million barrel-per-day mark. Though shale reserves may ultimately be a game changer, said OPEC, outside the United States, the sector is in its infancy.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries published its 300-page World Oil Outlook this week. The cartelsaid it was "evident that this resource (shale oil and gas) will contribute to the overall energy mix." The cartel found total shale natural gas production in the United States increased from 15 million cubic feet for day in 2012 to 25 billion cubic feet per day two years later. There is a clear potential for shale natural gas on the global energy stage, said OPEC, as clean natural gas starts to replace coal as a source of electricity and becomes a major feedstock in the petrochemicals industry.
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If all liberals would stop using gas in their cars, propane to provide hot water, fuel oil to heat their houses and so forth and so on, the world would see a dramatic price drop and the atmosphere would be cleaner. Then the rest of us could just go about our business and be happy until they think of something else to be miserable about.
This can't be. Obama killed fossil fuel production in the US remember? No way this is true. And the IEA report forecasting US energy independence by 2020 based off increased production and energy efficiencies never happened either. Find it funny how that story didn't seem to find its way on this blog today.
Obama just close 1.2 million acres to Oil shale development.
He is systematically shutting down the oil and coal industries.
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