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How to Invest in the Global Shale Oil and Gas Boom

By Tony Daltorio, Contributing Writer, Money Morning • October 8, 2013

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The North American shale oil and gas boom is fascinating Americans with its stunning potential, as it propels U.S. oil production to the highest level since May 1989.

It is also creating a formidable profit-making opportunity for those who know how to invest in this burgeoning industry.

Even better news for investors - as Money Morning Global Energy Strategist Dr. Kent Moors has said repeatedly - the shale revolution isn't confined to the United States and Canada; it's going global.

A recent study by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) found that - using currently available technology - global shale resources hold a whopping 32% of the world's recoverable natural gas and 10% of the world's recoverable oil.

The study, published on June 10, also found that the United States is only fourth in recoverable shale gas resources, with 665 trillion cubic feet (tcf). Leading the pack were China (1,115 tcf), Argentina (802 tcf), and Algeria (707 tcf).

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Regarding recoverable shale oil resources, the United States ranked second, with 58 billion barrels. Russia came in first, with 75 billion barrels, and China and Argentina ranked third and fourth, with 32 billion and 27 billion barrels respectively.

These impressive figures mean only one thing: tremendous opportunity for those who know how to invest in the shale oil boom's international debut.

IHS Global: Shale Oil Boom to Be Duplicated

The EIA study isn't the only one pointing to a global shale revolution.

The latest report by IHS Global Insight states that the 23 most promising global shale formations hold about 175 billion barrels of extractable oil, with worldwide shale fields containing seven times the recoverable shale oil contained in North American basins.

The firm's geological study found 148 shale plays globally that could have up to 300 billion barrels of recoverable oil. In comparison, IHS believes North American shale formations have roughly 43 billion barrels of commercially recoverable shale oil.

The report said that those reserves may potentially produce, by 2020, 5 million barrels of oil per day. That's more than the current production of Canada or Iraq.

The study specifically pointed to three potentially vast shale oil fields: the Vaca Muerta formation in Argentina, the Bazhenov Shale in western Siberia, and the Silurian formations in North Africa.

Richard Anderson of Eurasia Drilling, the most active drilling contractor in Russia, spoke to the Financial Times. According to Anderson, the Russians can and will discover the methods to access the shale formations, and "then we're off to the races. My guess is it will be like the Eagle Ford and the Bakken."

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