Obama's Shale Bet

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Obama's Shale Bet By Keith Kohl | Friday, March 21st, 2014 Let the sanctions begin. With executive orders flying every which way through the D.C. beltway nowadays, it wasn't much of a surprise yesterday when the President signed an order imposing additional sanctions on Russia. Basically, he expanded his strategy to bring Putin to his knees by targeting people who support the Russian government and a bank with connections to them. Furthermore, Obama's executive order lets him target the Russian industrial sector. This, of course, means our Commander-in-Chief is going after Russia's energy exports. Sanction Frenzy Earlier this week, I briefly mentioned the growing cry for natural gas exports to Europe as a way to put pressure on Russia. Thing is, these sanctions may turn out to be profitable for U.S. gas companies and investors, but it's going to take a while. Now that Crimea's annexation is in full swing, plenty of people in government, the oil and gas industry, and the media continue to beat the drum for the U.S. to allow large scale natural gas exports. If you didn't catch Senator John Barrasso's pitch for LNG exports, he laid it out like this: “We could do a lot to undercut that situation by exporting liquefied natural gas from the United States to our European allies and to the Ukraine.” And while this could be a good solution, we still see a slight problem... Advertisement Shortage of Offshore Drilling Rigs Creates Huge Opportunity! Oil companies the world over are clamoring for deepwater drilling rigs. And right now, there is a massive shortage of them. This massive shortage is an absolute boon for the companies who own these huge, billion-dollar rigs. Spending on deepwater drilling is expected to rise from $43 billion last year to a whopping $114 billion in 2022. That's why we've found the best way to cash in on this unfolding situation. You could collect as much as $17,300 per year for the next 9 years. Click here for the full details on this breaking story. Investing in the necessary infrastructure could be a big bump in the road for exports (and that's not to mention the sheer amount of governmental red tape involved, or even the media war being waged by the environmentalists.) Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz confirmed this much after reiterating the fact that there's only one export license currently approved. Even if Russia hadn't invaded and seized Crimea, the United States already planned on allowing exports. It's going to happen, it will just be a few years. So far, Cheniere Energy has the only approved license to export LNG from the U.S., and they don't expect to start shipping until late 2015 at the earliest. Moreover, the Energy Department is moving at a snail's pace with the 24 export applications under review. In other words, most of these projects (if licensed) won't actually be able to export until 2018 or even later. Perhaps a better question is whether this crisis will still be around when those LNG tankers start sailing across the Atlantic. As you can see, U.S. gas exports overall are only expected to reach around 8 trillion cubic feet per year by 2040, with significant LNG exports not occurring until at least 2020. I don't exactly see Russia giving up its Crimean prize so soon, and it certainly wouldn't shock me if Putin takes several years to actually start negotiating, and by then it's almost inevitable he'll make a play for the eastern part of the Ukraine. Advertisement "Oil Flows Like Water" in Petroplex It isn't some fictional wildcatter's Shangri-La. It's real, and it's in Texas... That's right, the original home of the oil baron will once again make millionaires. 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Unfortunately, even that may be closed once these Canadian gas stocks take over.  In the meantime, keep an eye on companies applying to export natural gas. Within a few years, there will be plenty of profit to go around Until next time, Keith Kohl @KeithKohl1 on Twitter A true insider in the energy markets, Keith is one of few financial reporters to have visited the Alberta oil sands. His research has helped thousands of investors capitalize from the rapidly changing face of energy. Keith connects with hundreds of thousands of readers as the Managing Editor of Energy & Capital as well as Investment Director of Angel Publishing's Energy Investor. For years, Keith has been providing in-depth coverage of the Bakken, the Haynesville Shale, and the Marcellus natural gas formations — all ahead of the mainstream media. For more on Keith, go to his editor's page. 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