"Economic weapon" to change the geopolitical balance Russia

Shale gas boom has not only changed America's energy structure, it may stir the global energy landscape. U.S. "Foreign Policy" Contributing Editor Steve Levine says: "The United States in order to expand and consolidate its global influence, is the exploitation of  shale gas  as an 'economic weapon', extended to other parts of the world."
Pang Changwei that the United States relying on "energy independence" strategy and large-scale development of  unconventional gas  on the global energy market supply had an important impact. The United States will become the world's leading energy producers, oil and gas production in the United States and a substantial increase in the scale of the Canadian oil sands mining, oil and gas will become the new North American pole, becoming the global energy balance in the Middle East Highlands.
Russia is the world's natural gas power.fracturing proppant However in recent years, the United States by virtue of a large number of shale gas, replacing natural gas production in Russia leapt to the world top. Russia feared that the shale gas at lower prices, will make the loss of traditional European conventional natural gas market. All along, the Russian natural gas are the main importing countries in Europe, but by the European financial crisis, national energy demand stalled.
Xinhua News Agency World Issues Research Center Li wrote a long time, the North American energy market in the world, a new role could generate some geopolitical changes. Achieve energy independence of the United States, no longer as before, to defend the Middle East, the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the international oil trade direction will shift to 2035, produced in the Middle East for nearly 90% of the oil will be absorbed into Asia.Ceramic proppant The Middle East to China and India, the importance of the supply routes will also be greatly enhanced.
In addition, shale gas caused by the energy revolution may have an impact on the global competition. Low natural gas will push U.S. energy-intensive manufacturing industry, higher prices for natural gas in Europe and Asia, competitors, this is a huge blow.