"Shale gas revolution" Why in the United States (1)

Policy support.
As early as the 1970s, the U.S. government through the "energy windfall Law", "Natural Gas Policy Act" and so on, for the implementation of the exploitation of shale gas tax breaks and subsidies, and has long been insisting on the implementation of  shale gas  exploitation preferential policies. In addition to the federal government, the shale gas resource-rich local governments have also introduced a number of incentives, such as Texas, since the 20th century, since the early 1990s, the development of shale gas does not levy taxes on production. Meanwhile, the U.S. government has also set up a special research fund of unconventional oil and gas resources, since the 1980s, the U.S. government has already invested a total of more than six billion U.S. dollars of funds for the shale gas industry.
The U.S. government will expand domestic oil and gas resource development to ensure future energy security as a primary strategy. Despite the rapid development of shale oil and gas,fracturing proppant but the observation of the United States' energy map ", you should pay attention to Obama's" comprehensive "energy strategy. The U.S. State Department is responsible for economic growth, energy and environmental affairs secretary of state Robert? Hormats noted that successful energy decisions must consider all energy resources in order to achieve sustainability. This decision means that coal and oil resources responsible development - these two resources will also play an important role in the future; while developing natural gas, nuclear energy and other low-carbon energy, the energy mix to achieve sustainable development. U.S. National Intelligence Council predicts that by 2030, the United States will achieve "energy independence." This trend and the resulting expectations on the global oil and gas markets,Unconventional gas energy industry, geopolitics and international political economy increasingly profound impact.