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US dominates the global shale gas market

TransWorldNews -- The shale gas industry has seen significant growth in the North American market changing the dynamics of natural gas trading in the region. The combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to extract gas from low permeability rock sources has presented a major new energy source, which has significantly reduced the need for natural gas imports to the US. Nations across the world are now looking at the possibility of tapping into this resource to supplement domestic gas consumption or even for export. As a consequence, the value of the global shale gas market in 2012 will reach $36.95 bn.

The shale gas market is currently dominated by the US as this is where the methodology to develop shale was pioneered. The US also a number of favourable characteristics that have helped

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Submitted Jul 30, 2012 By: aservant

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MAC48 Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,546 Points:764,095 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2012 12:37:50 AM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse The obvious question not addressed in this article is whether on not the shale gas regions not in North America can be exploited in an economically justifiable manner using current technology. We know that a large percent of the shale gas deposits in North America can and will be extracted with current technology but the economics of extraction will determine if the current shale gas extraction methods will be applied in the rest of the worlds shale gas deposits.
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MAC48 Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,546 Points:764,095 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2012 12:35:42 AM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse The obvious question not addressed in this article is whether on not the shale gas regions not in North America can be exploited in an economically justifiable manner using current technology. We know that a large percent of the shale gas deposits in North American can and will be extracted with current technology but the economics of extraction will determine if the current shale gas extraction methods will be applied in the rest of the worlds shale gas deposits.
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