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Skifferolja minskar Opecs inflytande över oljan

Länge har de oljeproducerande länderna i kartellen Opec haft ett inflytande över oljepriserna som helt saknar motstycke. Men nu har tillgången på amerikansk skifferolja vänt upp och ner på den maktordningen, enligt kapitalförvaltaren Douglas Rachlin.

– Saudiarabien och Opec sitter inte längre vid rodret, sa han under den makroekonomiska konferensen Skybridge Alternatives (Salt), enligt CNBC.

Rachlin fick bland annat medhåll av miljardären Michael Hintze som pekar ut området Permian Basin i Texas och New Mexico som en av förklaringarna.

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Permian Basin
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The Permian Basin is a sedimentary basin largely contained in the western part of the U.S. state of Texas and the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It reaches from just south of Lubbock, to just south of Midland and Odessa, extending westward into the southeastern part of New Mexico. It is so named because it has one of the world's thickest deposits of rocks from the Permian geologic period. The greater Permian Basin comprises several component basins: of these, Midland Basin is the largest, Delaware Basin is the second largest, and Marfa Basin is the smallest. The Permian Basin extends beneath an area approximately 250 miles (400 km) wide and 300 miles (480 km) long. The Permian Basin gives its name to a large oil and natural gas producing area, part of the Mid-Continent Oil Producing Area. Total production for that region up to the beginning of 1993 was over 14.9 billion barrels (2.37×109 m3). The towns of Midland and Odessa serve as the headquarters for oil production activities in the basin. The Permian Basin is also a major source of potassium salts (potash), which are mined from bedded deposits of sylvite and langbeinite in the Salado Formation of Permian age. Sylvite was discovered in drill cores in 1925, and production began in 1931. The mines are located in Lea and Eddy counties, New Mexico, and are operated by the room and pillar method. Halite (rock salt) is produced as a byproduct of potash mining.

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