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Global energy pattern in the past has been very simple: producer (Saudi Arabia and so on oil production country and Russia and other natural gas production country) to sell, consumer (the United States, China and Germany industrialized countries) to buy. The situation is very dangerous-consumer vulnerable to price high effect, low prices and endanger producers-and who are unexpected situation in the near future will change.
Pattern change
But, the above situation has changed, this basically is advanced drilling technology, "hydraulic fracturing method" was the result of. "Hydraulic fracturing method" to use explosives, chemicals and millions of gallons of water to thousands of feet underground in the tiny cracks in shale manufacturing. "Hydraulic fracturing method" opened the long seen as a difficult and the high cost of mining of natural gas new sources of supply. In the United States, "hydraulic fracturing method" changed the gas industry, to domestic drilling into the new energy.
At present, Europe and China--both shale gas reserves total is the United States estimates that more than twice as much as the reserves in the United States-also follow, investment billions of dollars shale gas mining. These investments may change the pattern of global energy, reduce world for the Middle East and Africa resource dependence. The international energy agency chief economics French mention Hector · birol recently told this reporter to interview: "shale gas is the international energy to a gift."
Mining face obstacles
In the 10 years ago, energy experts also expects the U.S. will need to import of liquefied natural gas (LNG), to make up for the decline in domestic production of the gap. Now, the company is set to produce a lot of shale gas, and lobbying Washington allow liquefied natural gas exports. But the United States does not have shale gas potential of mining the only country: the facts prove shale gas reserves is very rich, the international energy agency is expected to enter the world may soon be natural gas of the golden age: cheap natural gas to replace coal, a preferred fuel for electricity generation. The energy of the extremely deficient in Europe and China shale gas reserves ranks in the front row, and China's shale gas reserves in the world may be the first.
There is, however, shale gas doesn't mean we can mine. In the United States, shale gas mining have to slow down, because some worry about "hydraulic fracturing method" cause environmental pollution-the main may cause of groundwater pollution. In politics more praise highly the environmental protection, the more crowded Europe, this worry will only intensify. For environmental reasons, France and Bulgaria has banned the "hydraulic fracturing method".
In China, mining shale gas also faces other obstacles. China's shale gas buried deep, high development costs. China's state-owned enterprises lack of hydraulic fracturing technology. Although shale gas reserves is the most abundant region population less--this is a favorable factors--but these areas are often lack the "hydraulic fracturing method" the water and pipeline. If as in England that people worry about attributable to the drilling of the earthquake and other problems, the China geological conditions may prove more challenging. British independent kua DE lire resources company started drilling in northwest England, but in the last spring suspended operations, because in drilling site happened near the two small earthquakes. The company later report said, hydraulic fracturing could cause an earthquake. British environmentalists have said the United States began using "hydraulic fracturing method" caused by groundwater pollution warned.
Are entering a new era
Europe and China have a reason to use "hydraulic fracturing method" mining shale gas. Shale gas can make Poland, Romania and Ukraine and highly dependent on Russian gas of the former Soviet union group rid the country of the shackles of Moscow, because Moscow has energy as a political weapon. The shale gas reserves Poland in Europe's first, the government has to energy company (mainly foreign energy companies) provided more than 100 shale gas a concession. Russia apparently was felt very worry that President vladimir putin, who has been like that environmentalists, talk about the "hydraulic fracturing method" dangers of. The international energy agency senior gas expert Anne Sophie cole bo said: "Poland hope get rid of reliance on Russian gas. Compared with those in other countries, the people of Poland shale gas mining the support degree." Shale gas to make the output from the current is almost zero increase in 2020 to 60 billion cubic meters, China's state-owned oil company is encouraged and shell and rich experience of international cooperation.
Obviously, "hydraulic fracturing method" will continue, which upset seems long ago the dust settled global energy pattern. Can't guarantee outlook has more beautiful, but no question we are going into a gas era.