Rich shale gas reserves in South Africa |
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| 2012-09-13 17:16:25568 |
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South African National shale gas reserves are very rich, has proven available for the use of the country in the next 30 years, with a very good value for development, for natural gas, it is undoubtedly the best news. The rich countries of the North American crude oil reserves in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Canadian crude oil proven reserves, ranking second in the world, U.S. crude oil proved reserves are mainly located in the Gulf Coast and along the Gulf of California, the most famous of Texas and Oklahoma, also an important oil producing areas in Alaska. The United States is the world's second-largest oil producer, but consumption is too large, still has to import large quantities of oil each year. Mexico is the third largest in the Western Hemisphere traditional strategic crude oil reserve country is also the world's sixth-largest oil producer.fracturing
Geologists predict that South Africa has abundant reserves of shale gas. Distant water puzzled thirst, South Africa, Africa's largest economy still faces the predicament of insufficient energy supply, and shale gas development was halted because of the hydraulic fracturing method. The same situation in the United States similar to the highly controversial fracking in South Africa. Fracking respected energy companies, but the South African environmentalists oppose this technology in their applications. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a report, South Africa's recoverable shale gas resources of about 486 trillion cubic feet last year. If the agency's estimate is correct, South Africa has become the world's fifth largest shale gas proppant resources country |
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