In Europe, shale energy resources have largely remained in the ground.

The shale energy revolution that started in the US is thus causing sweeping changes worldwide.

The big news in energy these days is the revolution in technology for tapping shale gas.

By 2035, shale gas is projected to account for roughly one half of total US energy production.

Many Parties provided information on alternative energy resources and mentioned that these include photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, oil shale, and biomass energy.

Many Parties provided information on alternative energy resources and mentioned that these include photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, oil shale, and biomass energy.

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Important energy technologies will include conversion of coal to liquids (such as gasoline), use of tar sands and oil shale, and growth in non fossil fuel energy sources.

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Shale is an exceptionally poor fuel, pound for pound containing about one third the energy of a box of breakfast cereal.

Shale Gas to the Rescue?

The Shale Revolution s Global Footprint

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And incorporating shale gas into the world s energy mix could help to combat climate change by creating a bridge to a low carbon future.

Indeed, thanks to the new techniques in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, shale gas may well become the dominant energy resource of the future.

The question today is whether a new upsurge of investment will come to our rescue. Optimists point to the shale energy revolution in the US.

The Bowland Shale, which lies beneath Lancashire and Yorkshire, contains 50 more gas than the combined reserves of two of the largest fields in the United States, the Barnett Shale and the Marcellus Shale.

In fact, estimates by the International Energy Agency suggest that the most significant recoverable reserves of shale gas are in the US and China, not Europe.

Despite the hype about the shale gas revolution, the extraction cost of (onshore) conventional gas remains below that of shale gas.

And shale is not quite completely competent rock.

Exploration is proceeding only hesitantly and shale gas production has not even started, prompting many observers to lament that Europe is about to miss the next energy revolution.

Indeed, shale gas extraction is so economically favorable that even American gas exported to Europe would cost 30 less than what the Russian energy giant Gazprom currently charges.

Currently, there are plans to renovate some older units of the Narva Power Plants, establish new power stations, and provide higher efficiency in oil shale based energy production.

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The advent of shale gas has confused the energy debate even more. If gas is substituted for coal, it can be a useful bridge to a low carbon future.

Two thirds of the world's shale is in the US.

BRUSSELS The global energy community is abuzz with excitement about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a newish technology that has opened formerly inaccessible reserves of gas trapped in underground shale formations.

The US also is set to become energy independent, owing to the rise of shale oil and gas, with diminishing reliance on coal already bringing down per capita carbon emissions.

Shale gas wells deplete far more rapidly than conventional fields do.

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America s shale gas industry grew by 45 annually from 2005 to 2010, and the share of shale gas in America s overall gas production grew from 4 to 24 .

Beyond Fukushima, future energy supplies will most likely rely more and more on miniaturized nuclear plants and shale gas a mix capable of responding to a rapidly urbanizing world population s growing demand for electricity.

Even more significant, however, are the differences in energy costs, which are now up to 50 lower in the US a gap that is likely to widen further as America s shale gas revolution continues.

In 2013, it was announced that Japan would be importing shale natural gas.

That's really my job at Pennsylvania Shale, you know, to put out fires.

Of course, no one should think that America s shale gas revolution (which has brought it to the brink of energy self sufficiency) means that its Bahrain based Fifth Fleet will lift anchor any time soon.

Even so, the shale revolution across the Atlantic has been felt in diverse ways.

Nor are earlier trade balances about to reemerge. America s trade position will be strengthened by the shale gas revolution, which promises energy self sufficiency, and by increases in productivity that auger further re shoring of manufacturing production.

Even the much heralded shale gas revolution is a lot of hype 160 similar to the gold rushes and stock bubbles of the past. Shale gas wells deplete far more rapidly than conventional fields do.

PRAGUE In late June, the British Geological Survey announced the world s largest shale gas field.

Shale gas could thus reduce dependency on OPEC oil and gas while reducing carbon emission.

Shale gas is abundant in Europe and North America, in contrast to oil and gas.

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