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Global Implications for Natural Gas Markets of the Emergence of Shale Plays
The rapid growth in shale gas production in North America has had dramatic effects on the natural gas market. The supply picture in North America has changed substantially, and altered expectations regarding future prices, the development of frontier resources in Alaska and Northern Canada, and LNG import requirements. This presentation will demonstrate how the latter prospect in particular has had a ripple effect on international LNG markets. It will also discuss how developments in North America have sparked interest in shale gas resource potential in other parts of the world, and how the experience gained producing shale gas in North America will likely soon translate to those other regions.
The global implication is that the timing of LNG projects and the interest in expanding LNG infrastructure is running headlong into concerns about market availability. This presentation will also demonstrate how environmental concerns regarding the use and potential contamination of water resources are fast becoming major issues that will need to be fully addressed before governments will allow the total realization of the growth potential from this resource. It will touch on the fact that any policies that reduce demand for natural gas, including certain renewable portfolio standards or CO2 cap-and-trade programs that grandfather coal resources - will likely result in lower prices, which will hamper investment in shale gas resources. It will finally serve to remind us that the state of knowledge regarding technical recoverability of the shale gas resource is still evolving, and thus, the ultimate technically recoverable resource could be substantially larger than now assessed.
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