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Romania

China

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Russia

Argentina

India

Brazil

Libya

Saudi Arabia

Where to next, for tight oil? Aligning strategy, technology and opportunity

September 17, 2013 4:00pm – 5:30pm Marie Fagan, IHS Senior Director Judson Jacobs, IHS Director

Paul Markwell, IHS Managing Director

Link to online presentations

Upstream Strategy, Technology, and Opportunity

The growth in tight oil in North America has been the game-changer of a generation. The question is now—where to, next? In this session, we examine the role of aboveground risk, technology and innovation, and specific opportunities available in tight oil; and we focus on one area, North Africa (Algeria, specifically) to illustrate how these elements come together.

Key Takeaways

North America is not unique in having tight oil. Other locations across the globe, particularly

some in North Africa, have attractive geology and could hold substantial tight oil resources.

In contrast, North America’s aboveground investment environment was and is uniquely enabling

for tight oil development.

A company will need the right mix of skills to manage the particular set of aboveground

challenges in given country.

Technological innovations drove North American tight oil production growth. Globally, each

location has its own mix of aboveground and belowground challenges.

A focus on how to bring the right technology and know-how into a new tight oil province will be

critical.

The example of Algeria illustrates that even in a location with world-class source rocks, tight oil

opportunities may face stiff competition.

We have considered the environment in our production of materials for this event.

© 2013 IHS

Tight oil above-ground enablers and risk factors

1

Source: IHS CERA.

CountryPolicy/ Public

opinion Land AccessBusiness

Terms

Supply Chain,IndustryStructure

Midstream Infra-

structure

Water Avail-ability and

ManagementOther

Regulatory

United States

Tunisia

Germany

Australia

Indonesia

United Kingdom

Oman

Romania

China

Algeria

Russia

Argentina

India

Brazil

Libya

Saudi Arabia

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