Energy self-sufficiency would not prompt US to retreat from the Gulf


Issue 936 - 22 Nov 2012 | 6 minute read

The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook says the shale oil revolution may bring the US close to energy independence, a prospect some suggest could help put distance between Washington and the Gulf. But GSN examines the report, and finds it based on a number of questionable suppositions.

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