How the Tight Oil Boom Has Changed Oil and Gasoline Markets

31 Pages Posted: 27 Mar 2017

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Lutz Kilian

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: March 06, 2017

Abstract

Starting in late 2008, the U.S. production of tight oil surged, causing a renaissance in the U.S. oil sector that few industry analysts had anticipated. This tight oil boom reduced the dependence of the United States on petroleum imports and allowed it to become a major exporter of gasoline and diesel fuel. Since mid-2014 the global real price of crude oil has experienced a large and sustained decline. This review article addresses several questions of general interest. First, to what extent was the recent oil price decline caused by the tight oil boom? Second, how did the tight oil boom affect the price of gasoline in global markets and in the United States? Third, what determines the investment response of the oil sector to oil price fluctuations? Fourth, how has the tight oil boom affected the transmission of oil price shocks to the U.S. economy? Finally, what are the implications of the U.S. tight oil boom for European oil importing economies?

Keywords: tight oil, shale oil, oil price, gasoline price, oil investment, real GDP growth

JEL Classification: Q430, Q330

Suggested Citation

Kilian, Lutz, How the Tight Oil Boom Has Changed Oil and Gasoline Markets (March 06, 2017). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6380, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2941444 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2941444

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