ICIS: China shale gas still 10 years away

The shale gas revolution offers huge opportunities for petrochemicals, perhaps not only in the US but also elsewhere in the world.

One day, China, which, according to the US Energy Information Administration has the world’s biggest shale-gas reserves, might make use of the technology that has transformed the global energy picture.

But geological, political and technological challenges abound that could hold back the revolution in China and elsewhere – perhaps, in fact, in every location outside the US. MORE