From Cartels to Frackers

1.5 Credits · Level: Graduate

This module looks at the geopolitical shifts that fracking for natural gas and oil are unleashing for global energy security, transatlantic and Indo-Pacific trade relationships, and the transition to cleaner sources of electric power. The module opens by analyzing producer restraint mechanisms, from the Texas Railroad Commission to oil cartels, and consumer country responses such as the International Energy Agency and the International Renewable Energy Agency. The module analyzes the role of supply response, from ultra deep water oil plays to the unprecedented fracking revolution in the United States.