IMI-Aktuell 2018/045
USA: Top-Ölproduzent
(23.01.2018)
Prognosen der Internationalen Energieagentur zufolge werden die USA aufgrund ihres Schiefergas-Booms bald zum weltweit zweitgrößten Ölproduzenten aufsteigen, schreibt Middle East Online (via Bpb-Newsletter): „The United States are set to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s number two oil producer after Russia this year, as shale companies, attracted by rising prices, ramp up drilling, the International Energy Agency said on Friday. (…) A global supply glut pushed oil prices as low as $30 per barrel at the start of 2016. But producing nations — both inside and outside the OPEC oil cartel — struck a deal at the end of 2016 to cut back production and drive prices higher. (…) And since the United States is not a party to the deal, its shale production can continue uninhibited. ‚US growth in 2017 beat all expectations … as the shale industry bounced back, profiting from cost cuts, (and) stepped up drilling activity,‘ the IEA said.“ (jw)