US Shale Gas May Diminish ‘Petro-Power’ of Russia, Iran, Venezuela

摘要

The rapid growth of US shale gas production has already had a big impact on the domestic gas market, but a new report from the Baker Institute on Public Policy highlights important geopolitical consequences of the US shale gas boom: a weakening of Russia’s ability to use natural gas as an “energy weapon” against Europe, and a similar erosion of Venezuela and Iran’s “petro-power.”