U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told oil super-powers Russia and Saudi Arabia he believed U.S. shale oil boom would not become a spoiler for oil markets because new production would be absorbed by fast rising global demand.
Perry, a former governor of Texas, the heartland of the U.S. shale oil boom, was speaking at a rare joint panel with Russian and Saudi energy ministers, Alexander Novak and Khalid al-Falih, at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“I don’t think American shale production will be a spoiler. There is a lot of reforms going on around the world – in the kingdom (of Saudi Arabia), in Mexico, in India – those reforms have the potential to really drive the consumption,” he said. Read More…
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