China is becoming a key market for
global oil exporters as surging output from shale fields from Texas to North Dakota allows the U.S., the biggest crude consumer, to rely less on overseas supplies.
Not exact matches
The problem with this argument is that what is good for
oil producers and
exporters is inversely bad for major
oil consumers and importers like the United States, Europe, and China in this zero sum game of
global energy markets.
That has forced OPEC and other
exporters to band together to cut output in a bid to shrink
global oil stockpiles.
Countries in the tropics are among the largest
global exporters of key agricultural commodities such as
oil palm, rice, soybean, sugarcane and cassava.
After the precipitous fall in
global oil prices, even the world's biggest petroleum
exporter is now forced to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
The increase comes in large part from new offshore developments, including deepwater drilling, and helps restore Mexico's position as a major
global oil producer and
exporter.
Since political volatility racks many of the world's largest
oil exporters — Nigeria, Venezuela, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, etc — it plays a very real factor in influencing both
global supply and the risk premium of the
oil coming out of the region.
The U.S. has become a net
exporter of natural gas, further evidence of the how the domestic
oil and gas boom is reshaping the
global energy business.