RUSSIA'S GAZPROM SKEPTICAL OF US-LED SHALE GAS BOOM

"We think the current US gas market model is unsustainable in the medium and long term ... We forecast that soon, the disparity between the shale gas costs and sales price will disappear. When it happens, it will make the US plans to become a major gas exporter economically unviable ... [T]he true costs of shale-gas production are upwards of 150% higher than the revenues ... One can produce gold out of sea water, but does it make economic sense? ... China is in possession of large shale gas reserves, however, the cost of its extraction could be much higher than in the US ... China's shale plays are located in areas of the country that may not have enough water to successfully engage in hydraulic fracturing."

Ein Artikel von Benno Spencer und Brian Hansen mit Aussagen von Sergei Komlev [CEO von  Gazprom Export] über die Kosten der Shalegas-Ausbeutung in den USA sowie das Potential dieser Methode für Europa und ChinaErschienen auf Platts (23. Juli 2012).