Shale gas boom, trade, and environmental policies: Global economic and environmental

analyses in a multidisciplinary modeling framework

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Farzad Taheripour, Wallace E. Tyner, and Kemal SaricaPurdue University

July 28-31, 201332nd USAEE/IAEE North American Conference

Anchorage, AK

Outline Background and literature review,

Expected expansion in shale oil and gas, A short review of existing work in this area, Objectives of this paper,

Modeling framework, GTAP and MARKAL-Macro models, Modifications in the GTAP model and its data base,

Experiments, Main numerical results, Conclusions.

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Background (1)

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Expansion in shale oil and gas

Expected oil production Expected gas productionSource: Annual Energy outlook 2013 (DOE)

Background (2)

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Literature review Shale gas and environmental policies:

Main conclusion: expansion in supply of natural gas in combination with appropriate carbon polices will help the US economy to achieve low-carbon standards in future [Brown et al. (2010), Paltsev (2011), Jacoby (2011)]

Shale gas and gas exports: Gas export will benefit resource owners, negatively affect

energy intensive industry, and increase domestic gas prices [NERA 2012, Deloitte 2011, Brooks (2012), Ditzel et al. (2013), Sarica and Tyner (2013)]

Shale gas and economic impacts: Shale gas will improve welfare, positively affect GDP, and

generates job and investment opportunities [IHS Global Insight Inc (2011), Citi GPS (2012) and Arora (2013)]

Background (3)

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Objective of this paper

Exiting studies are mainly concentered on expansion in shale gas and have ignored the fact new extraction technologies will expand supplies of oil and gas jointly,

They do not provide comprehensive economic and environmental analyses,

This paper fills the gap in this area and evaluates economic and environmental impacts of expansion in shale oil and gas using a global hybrid modeling framework through 2035.

Modeling framework (1)

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Endowments: Labor, Land, Capital, and Resources

Commodities: including energy

GTAP model MARKAL-Macro model

Soft link

A hybrid modeling framework

Modeling framework (2)

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CES Production

function and demands for inputs in the GTAP model

Modeling framework (3)

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CDE Expenditure function and household

demands for good and services

Modeling framework (4)

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Major modifications in GTAP

Correcting links between gas and gas distribution sectors,

Improving firms’ demand for energy inputs, Dividing natural resources between oil-gas and

other types of resource, Treatment of unemployment

Modeling framework (5)

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New CES Production

function and demands for

inputs in GTAP model

Three main experiments Experiment I: Changes in US oil and gas with no

expansion in shale resources, Experiment II: Changes in US oil and gas with expansion in

shale resources, while we assume no growth in crude oil exports,

Experiment III: Changes in US oil and gas with expansion in shale resources, with no change in crude oil or natural gas exports. Petroleum product exports are free to expand,

For each experiment, we run simulations for the following 5 time segments: 2007-12, 2012-17, 2017-2022, 2022-2027, and 2027-2035.

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Experiments

% Changes in US production by sector 2007-2035 (%)

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Major numerical results (1)

Sectors Experiment I

Experiment II

Experiment III

Crops 0.0 0.0 0.1Livestock -1.1 1.7 1.9Forestry -0.8 1.2 1.6Fishing -1.0 1.4 1.8Food -1.2 1.9 2.2Coal 1.2 -2.1 -5.6Oil -31.6 25.8 25.8Gas -16.6 52.0 52.0Gas Distribution -5.5 11.8 25.4Oil Products -4.8 4.8 4.9Electricity -1.4 2.8 4.4Energy Intensive Industries -0.5 0.7 2.1Other Industries -0.9 1.4 1.9Services -1.5 2.4 2.6

Changes in US prices by sector 2007-2035 (%)

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Major numerical results (2)

Sectors Experiment I

Experiment II

Experiment III

Crops -0.4 0.7 0.6Livestock -0.5 0.8 0.9Forestry -0.5 0.8 0.8Fishing -0.1 0.5 0.2Food -0.4 0.6 0.5Coal -0.3 0.4 -0.9Oil 9.3 -5.9 -10.8Gas 8.8 -16.0 -24.1Gas Distribution 4.8 -9.1 -14.2Oil Products 3.5 -2.9 -4.5Electricity 0.8 -1.6 -3.3Energy Intensive Industries 0.0 0.1 -0.2Other Industries -0.3 0.5 0.5Services -0.4 0.7 0.7

Changes in US GDP compared with 2007

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Major numerical results (3)

Changes in US labor & capital demands for 2007-2035

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Major numerical results (4)

Impacts on US trade balance 2007-2035(figures are in $ million)

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Major numerical results (5)

Sectors 2007-12 2012-17 2017-22Agriculture Products and Food 3,680 -6,021 -5,505All energy items -43,602 72,138 48,908Coal 155 -212 -67Oil -26,195 14,658 14,042Gas and Gas Distribution -14,307 55,812 30,294Oil Products -3,270 1,884 4,314Electricity 14 -4 325

Industry and services 71,777 -115,831 -98,939Total 31,855 -49,713 -55,536

Changes in US welfare compared to 2007

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Major numerical results (6)

CO2 emissions per US dollar production at 2007 prices

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Major numerical results (7)

Conclusions (1) The shale oil and gas boom has a major impact on the US

economy, During the time period from 2008 through 2035 the US GDP on

average would be 2.2% higher than its 2007 level with the expansion in shale resources,

Without the expansion in shale resources on average the US GDP will be 1.3% lower than its 2007 level during the same time period,

The expansion in shale resources boosts US GDP by 3.5% of its 2007 level during the time period 2008-37.

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Conclusions (2) The welfare gains are also quite large, On average the welfare difference between the positive shock and

the negative shock is $473 bil. per year over the time period from 2008 through 2035.

If we restrict gas exports the magnitude of the annual difference increases to $487 billion,

The shale boom creates substantial employment opportunities with jobs growing on average about 1.8% in the positive shock and declining about 1.1% in the negative shock for a net of about +2.9% employment gains.

All of these figures are compared with 2007.

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Conclusions (3) The expansion in shale resources improves the US energy trade balance

by more than $72 billion in 2035 compared to 2007, With no expansion in shale resources the US net energy imports goes up

by $44 billion in 2035 compared to 2007, Expansion in shale resources causes a worsening in the overall trade

deficit driven by the increased level of economic activity. In the absence of emissions reduction policies, the expansion in shale

resources will increase CO2 by 4.1% between 2007-2035, Imposing a restriction on gas exports improves economic welfare but

increases CO2 emissions by 6.9%, The expansion in shale resources generates huge opportunities for the

US economy to grow.

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Thank you!Questions and Comments