"Shale gas revolution" affect the global

With the rapid increase in shale gas  production, the IEA predicts that by 2015 the United States will overtake Russia to become the world's largest natural gas producer.

U.S. Energy authorities have predicted that shale gas will replace coal as the second-largest U.S. after oil energy resources, and may change the U.S. energy production patterns.fracturing proppants Currently, shale gas production increased by low energy prices, has become the revitalization of manufacturing a great magic weapon. European Airbus and many large international companies to move into the U.S. of some manufacturing projects, is the value of local low energy prices.

In addition, thanks to the shale gas revolution "hydraulic fracturing" technology, shale oil (a petroleum) production also increased rapidly, so that U.S. oil production rebounded strongly,ceramic proppant resulting in 2011 for the first time since 1949, the United States became refined net exporter of petroleum products. The IEA believes that by 2020 the United States will become the world's largest crude oil producer. U.S. ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance even recently said that by the mid-1920s, the United States will not have to import oil.