#Exxon sees abundant oil, gas far into future North America, once a sponge that sucked in a significant portion of the worlds oil, will instead be supplying the world with oil and other liquid hydrocarbons by the end of this decade, according to ExxonMobils annual long-term energy forecast. And the almost unspeakable amount of natural gas found in recent years in the U.S. and elsewhere in North America will be enough to make the region one of the worlds biggest exporters of that fuel by 2025, even as domestic demand for it increases, according to Bill Colton, Exxons chief strategist. The world has such an improved outlook for supplies, Colton said in an interview. Peak oil theorists have been run out of town by American ingenuity. In a forecast that might make economists happy but environmentalists fret, Exxons two chief products, oil and natural gas, will be abundant and affordable enough to meet the rising demand for energy in the developing world as the global middle class swells to 5 billion from 2 billion and buys energy-hungry conveniences such as cars and air conditioners. This is a result of advances in drilling technology that have made it possible for engineers to reach oil and gas in unconventional rock and extreme locations and quieted talk that the world was quickly running out of oil. And it is despite what Exxon assumes will be increasingly strict policies around the world on emissions of carbon dioxide and other gasses emitted by fossil fuel use that scientists say are triggering dangerous changes to the worlds climate.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:22:25 +0000
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