【名称及出版时间】:Breaking new ground:A special report on global shale gas developments
【文件格式】:PDF
【页数】:33
【目录或简介】
Corporates: Gas attack 3
Supermajors’ hot pursuit of shale gas is one of several reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the
industry’s prospects.
China: Preparing for opportunity 6
Chinese policymakers and state behemoths are laying the groundwork to begin extracting the country’s
apparently mighty shale gas resources.
United States: Unconventional conflict 9
Despite an environmental backlash and other concerns, the shale gas revolution in the US will continue to
gain ground.
Argentina: Untapped potential 12
Unconventional hydrocarbons meet familiar problems in Argentina.
Mexico: Great expectations 14
Enormous shale gas reserves offer hope to Mexico’s moribund energy industry.
South Africa: Game changer? 16
Shell and other shale gas players meet stiff resistance in South Africa, which has the continent’s most
promising reserves of the gas.
Canada: Between a rock and a hard place 18
Canada’s shale gas industry is caught between a gas glut and stiffening environmental opposition.
Poland: The next Norway? 20
Shale gas gives Poland a chance to bypass Russia—maybe.
India: Shale of the century? 22
Excitement about a potential Indian shale gas boom is building. As yet, there is not enough evidence to
justify the hype.
Russia: Bearish implications 25
A global shale gas bonanza could cause big headaches for Russia.
Appendix 28
Estimates of global shale gas reserves.