Unlike Anything We Have Ever Seen Before

As I have discussed, we are about to witness a major change in the development of international oil, gas, and power generation.

This will involve a massive expansion of unconventional shale gas and tight (usually also called shale) oil production worldwide, along with substantial moves in infrastructure, electrical production and grid networking.

For all of this, cross-border movements quite unlike anything we have ever witnessed will be required.

As such, I recommended six interrelated elements that will be essential in the development of a game-changing approach to energy production and dissemination.

This shift will require:

(1) The identification, prioritization, and availability of technical innovation;

(2) An overall approach to predicting and containing costs;

(3) Attention to the adverse impacts on everyday life from the increasing exploitation of unconventional oil and gas – environmental, local/regional, and economic, market and labor dislocation problems;

(4) Planning flexibility to allow a wider selection of service providers, expertise, equipment, and technique applied to projects internationally, with an emphasis on developing in-country sources of technology, equipment and training worldwide;

(5) Development and application of new models for project finance; and

(6) Comprehensive regulatory and risk management approaches to merge government, private sector and social needs and objectives.

I also spent some time during the briefing and in the private discussions over dinner outlining how all of this could be done. The key is developing a seamless way to integrate the many factors within the six elements above.

This will require early attention to what is needed in countries around the world and identifying who is likely to provide the solutions.

And it is here that we are going to obtain an early indication of the companies, approaches, and breakthroughs that are likely to provide major profits for investors. In fact, what I intend to do here is expand the stage on which individual investors normally operate.

In the future, we will be going global.   

To make this happen, there will have to be a primary venue for the planning, identification, coordination and application in the energy sector as needed.

It just so happens that I’m involved in that as well.

In May, as many of you may recall, I was appointed Executive Chair of the Global Energy Symposium (GES).

This ground breaking new effort will bring noted international energy figures together to conduct ongoing analysis and priority identification, along with providing policy recommendations to governments, international agencies, corporations, environmentalists, and social groups.

This effort is so critical that I will be leaving my university appointments to head up this international group. But don’t worry, the way average individuals will profit from this will still continue on right here in OEI and in my specialized investment subscriptions through Money Map.

As we get closer to its first major international conclave in April of next year, you are going to hear a lot more about the GES. But one thing is certain: You are about to get an inside view on some of the most important energy changes in a generation.

Already, the London session has had an immediate impact on wider circles of interest. So over the next several weeks, you are coming along as Marina and I talk to other high-powered groups in Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, and a series of very private meetings at our second home in the Bahamas.

The international energy picture is changing fast and we are going to be right in the center of it.