The Emerging Petroleum and Natural Gas Economy

Abstract

There is cause for concern with regard to the future of both the oil and gas markets. On the oil side, although space capacity is comfortable now, the rapid growth in demand for transportation fuels, is putting us on a path where we need ever more production from ever fewer countries. Investment remains problematic. On the gas side, a combination of weak demand and surprising advances in non-conventional production have produced a glut that could undermine investment in supply and change the structure of the market. However, demand could bound back quickly and produce a tight market again in a few years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA509187

Entities

People

  • Richard N Jones

Organizations

  • International Energy Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energy Security
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Investments
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Natural Gas
  • Petroleum
  • Production
  • Safety Valves
  • Security
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Economics
  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster