PROSPECTS OF SHALE GAS
Emergence of technologies allowing extraction of gas consisting mainly from methane from shale coal was called "gas revolution" in many mass media. The USA turned out to satisfy 40% of all the demand in gas by alternative energy sources. Is "revolution export" possible beyond the borders of the United States? What does new technology bring for Europe and Russia?
Keywords: shale gas, alternative energy sources, “gas revolution”, investment in gas production in
Europe, prospects of OAO (OJSC) “Gazprom” in European market.
Igor A. Agafonov, candidate of Chemistry, associate professor of Samara State Technical University.