“Shale Revolution” in the United States as the Main Driver of the World Oil Market Transformation

In 2018 the United States surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the largest world oil producer. The article focuses on the mechanisms through which the American shale revolution increasingly impacts functioning of the world oil market. The authors show that this impact is translated to the wor...

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Autores principales: S. A. Zolina, I. A. Kopytin, O. B. Reznikova
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Publicado: Ассоциация независимых экспертов «Центр изучения кризисного общества» (in English: Association for independent experts “Center for Crisis Society Studies”) 2019
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:79447e031d9542dbbaaf084100fee7772021-11-07T14:45:03Z“Shale Revolution” in the United States as the Main Driver of the World Oil Market Transformation2542-02402587-932410.23932/2542-0240-2019-12-6-4https://doaj.org/article/79447e031d9542dbbaaf084100fee7772019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ogt-journal.com/jour/article/view/545https://doaj.org/toc/2542-0240https://doaj.org/toc/2587-9324In 2018 the United States surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the largest world oil producer. The article focuses on the mechanisms through which the American shale revolution increasingly impacts functioning of the world oil market. The authors show that this impact is translated to the world oil market mainly through the trade and price channels. Lifting the ban on crude oil exports in December 2015 allowed the United States to increase rapidly supply of crude oil to the world oil market, the country’s share in the world crude oil exports reached 4,4% in 2018 and continues to rise. The U.S. share in the world petroleum products exports, on which the American oil sector places the main stake, reached 18%. In parallel with increasing oil production the U.S. considerably shrank crude oil import that forced many oil exporters to reorient to other markets. Due to high elasticity of tight oil production to the oil price increases oil from the U.S. has started to constrain the world oil price from above. According to the majority of authoritative forecasts, oil production in the U.S. will continue to increase at least until 2025. Since 2017 the tendency to the increasing expansion of supermajors into American unconventional oil sector has become noticeable, what will contribute to further strengthening of the U.S. position in the world oil market and accelerate its restructuring.S. A. ZolinaI. A. KopytinO. B. ReznikovaАссоциация независимых экспертов «Центр изучения кризисного общества» (in English: Association for independent experts “Center for Crisis Society Studies”)articleshale revolution, tight oil, u.s., world oil market, crude oil, petroleum products, exports, supermajorsInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENRUКонтуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, Vol 12, Iss 6, Pp 71-93 (2019)
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topic shale revolution, tight oil, u.s., world oil market, crude oil, petroleum products, exports, supermajors
International relations
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International relations
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S. A. Zolina
I. A. Kopytin
O. B. Reznikova
“Shale Revolution” in the United States as the Main Driver of the World Oil Market Transformation
description In 2018 the United States surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the largest world oil producer. The article focuses on the mechanisms through which the American shale revolution increasingly impacts functioning of the world oil market. The authors show that this impact is translated to the world oil market mainly through the trade and price channels. Lifting the ban on crude oil exports in December 2015 allowed the United States to increase rapidly supply of crude oil to the world oil market, the country’s share in the world crude oil exports reached 4,4% in 2018 and continues to rise. The U.S. share in the world petroleum products exports, on which the American oil sector places the main stake, reached 18%. In parallel with increasing oil production the U.S. considerably shrank crude oil import that forced many oil exporters to reorient to other markets. Due to high elasticity of tight oil production to the oil price increases oil from the U.S. has started to constrain the world oil price from above. According to the majority of authoritative forecasts, oil production in the U.S. will continue to increase at least until 2025. Since 2017 the tendency to the increasing expansion of supermajors into American unconventional oil sector has become noticeable, what will contribute to further strengthening of the U.S. position in the world oil market and accelerate its restructuring.
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title “Shale Revolution” in the United States as the Main Driver of the World Oil Market Transformation
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