Technological
breakthroughs which have enabled companies to recover oil and gas that
was previously unrecoverable have transformed the U.S. energy industry,
and have helped lower dependence on imported oil. Some economists have
predicted energy independence by 2020 (Citigroup, 2013, Energy 2020:
North America, the New Middle East?). We can already see a change: in
2005, the U.S. imported
Published on August 18, 2013 14:38