The shale revolution: Global gas and oil markets under transformation
 
 
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Curtin University, GPO Box 1987 Perth WA 6845, Australia
 
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LuleÍ University of Technology, Sweden
 
 
Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi – Mineral Resources Management 2015;31(1):5-26
 
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The shale gas and oil revolution has unexpectedly and forcefully begun to change the energy landscape in the United States. It is expected to spread beyond the US, with far reaching implications for the global energy map, but also for the macro-economy and politics of many countries. The purpose of this paper is to bring a better understanding to what prompted the revolution, to assess the production methods and associated environmental concerns, to speculate what can reasonably be expected in coming decades, and to sketch the full impact of a ripening shale revolution on the emerging economic and political policy choices for energy exporting and importing countries.We find that a large scale expansion can be expected in US shale gas and oil activities in the coming two decades. Globally, the shale leaders are likely to be countries that are already significant gas and oil producers. Setting up a policy framework to allow and promote shale development in a safe manner is a necessity for the launch of shale exploitation. The most important implication of a successful shale revolution would arguably be a downward pressure on gas and coal prices in regional markets and on the global oil price.
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Rewolucja łupkowa: Światowe rynki gazu i ropy naftowej w warunkach transformacji
gaz łupkowy, ropa naftowa, geopolityka, makroekonomia
Rewolucja łupkowa, opierająca się na gazie i ropie z łupków, nieoczekiwanie i jednoznacznie zaczęła zmieniać krajobraz energetyczny Stanów Zjednoczonych. Należy się spodziewać jej rozszerzenia poza terytorium Stanów Zjednoczonych, z daleko idącymi konsekwencjami nie tylko dla globalnej energetyki, ale także dla makroekonomii i polityki wielu krajów. Celem niniejszej pracy jest lepsze zrozumienie uwarunkowań, które doprowadziły do wyżej wspomnianej rewolucji, ocena metod eksploatacji oraz związanych z nimi zagrożeń dla środowiska naturalnego, przedstawienie scenariuszy, jakich można racjonalnie oczekiwać w nadchodzących dekadach, jak i próba zarysu wpływu dojrzewającej rewolucji łupkowej na polityczne i ekonomiczne decyzje dokonywane przez kraje eksportujące energię, jak również ją importujące. Prognozuje się, że najbliższe dwie dekady w Stanach Zjednoczonych dadzą początek szeroko zakrojonej ekspansji pod względem aktywności na rynku gazu i ropy z łupków. W skali globalnej, liderami przemysłu łupkowego mogą być te kraje, które są już znaczącymi producentami gazu i ropy naftowej. Ustanowienie ramowych założeń mających umożliwić i wspierać bezpieczny rozwój przemysłu łupkowego jest warunkiem koniecznym dla rozpoczęcia eksploatacji łupków. Najważniejszą konsekwencją udanej rewolucji łupkowej będzie presja na obniżkę cen gazu i węgla na rynkach regionalnych oraz ropy naftowej na rynkach globalnych.
 
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