Zhongmin Wang & Qing Xue
Rubrique:
Sources fossilesParution:
2014Titre Ouvrage:
The market structure of shale gas drilling in the United StatesÉdition:
Washington : Resources for the Future, September, Discussion Paper 14-31Pages:
11 p.Empirical study of the market structure of the shale gas drilling industry in the United States ; highly concentrated during its experimental stage, roughly from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, has since become less concentrated, exhibiting a long tail of infrequent drillers ; nevertheless, even during the latter stage, the vast majority of shale gas wells have been drilled by a limited number of large independent oil and gas producers.
Available in PDF format at: http://www.rff.org/RFF/Documents/RFF-DP-14-31.pdf