Could the North American shale boom happen elsewhere?
Could the North American shale boom happen elsewhere? / Blake Clayton, Energy, Security, and Climate, March 15, 2013
http://blogs.cfr.org/levi/2013/03/15/could-the-north-american-shale-boom-happen-elsewhere
The dramatic takeoff in oil and gas production in the United States and Canada over the last half decade has left many people asking whether a similar boom will happen in other countries. It’s a good question. To answer it, you have to start by identifying what critical factors enabled the boom to happen here, then figure out whether these same enabling factors exist elsewhere…