TY  - BOOK
AU  - Westphal, Kirsten
AU  - Overhaus, Marco
AU  - Steinberg, Guido
ED  - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP
TI  - The US shale revolution and the Arab Gulf states: the economic and political impact of changing energy markets 
T2  - SWP research paper
SN  - 1863-1053
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Berlin
PB  - SWP
KW  - USA
KW  - energy
KW  - oil
KW  - Persian gulf
KW  - Middle East
KW  - state-building
N1  - SIP1502; "November 2014"; The US shale revolution was made possible by the fracking process, which uses liquids and chemicals to release unconventional gas and oil deposits that are otherwise unexploitable. The breakthrough was achieved by the combination of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) with horizontal drilling. This development began less than ten years ago, driven by the high level of gas and oil prices. The boom in unconventional oil and gas – above all tight oil and shale gas in the United States, oil sands in Canada – is making North America self-sufficient in energy
UR  - http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/swp-research-papers/swp-research-paper-detail/article/the_us_shale_revolution_and_the_arab_gulf_states.html
ER  -