Mellemøstens betydning for Verdens energiforsyning vil mindskes

The continuing discovery of unconventional oil and gas, particularly in North America, are reshaping the economies and politics of the global energy industry.

The United States alone now has enough gas to last 100 years.

Major new strikes in East Africa and the potential for hefty production increases in China, now a key energy importer, have taken the shine off Iraq’s potential.

“The geopolitical centrality of the Middle East will wane,” the Financial Times observed.

“That is because the power and the relevance of its oil producers have peaked and are heading down,” wrote Roger Altman, former U.S. deputy secretary of the Treasury.