“A new era of global oil and gas production will emerge as other countries adopt the technology that has led to a shale boom in the United States, according to an industry researcher,” Roll Call reports.  

“While a number of factors allowed the United States to lead the hydro-fracturing revolution, other nations will catch on, working through barriers such as the lack of mineral property rights in some countries… The global rate of shale oil production is expected to increase to about 8 million barrels per day around 2032, about seven years after a peak in the United States, and then taper through 2040, according to recent analysis from his group.”  

“While conventional oil will continue to prove the majority of global supply in coming years, the ability of shale producers to readily respond to price increases will be pronounced, offering the type of market valve that the Organization of Petroleum Producing Counties has controlled for decades.”