Skiffergas ritar om världskartan - Shale gas exploration re-draws the world geopolitical map

US and European shale gas exploration will re-draw the worldwide energy distribution map and change the geopolitical financial and power balances.

The biggest winners are shale gas producers and perhaps the climate as well.

The next winners are energy hungry industries that will see a decline in cost.

The losers are regions that depend on oil exports, but the biggest loosers of them all will be the countries that have spent the last 50 years pumping oil but not invested their money into a reformed and stable society. The arabic spring revolutions and the collapse of Syria is just the beginning in the middle east region. 

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