Business English Lite | Shale gas will improve global security of energy supplies シェールガスはエネルギー供給の世界規模の安全を向上させる

2012/07/18

Shale gas will improve global security of energy supplies シェールガスはエネルギー供給の世界規模の安全を向上させる

Energy provides us with warmth. However, it can also fuel political tensions, both domestically and internationally, and turn up the heat of the planet.

The oil crises of the 1970s brought power cuts and motorists lining up at the pumps. Oil politics led to Iran threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz. Nearly 30% of the world’s LNG is currently being shipped from Qatar and must pass through this narrow seaway. New supplies from Africa, Australia and the eastern Mediterranean would not face the same threat.

Before shale gas appeared on the scene, about 60% of the world’s total reserves were thought to be in Russia, Iran and Qatar. This suggested that gas suppliers might well form a union similar to OPEC, which for decades has done its best to direct global oil prices.

OPEC is able to function because its members have most of the oil and the market is global. The cartel can rapidly add to supplies or remove them from global markets, sending prices up or down. Gas is different. Exports are supplied on long-term contracts that guarantee delivery many years ahead.

Key Vocabularies :

tension [noun] 緊張, domestically [adv] 国内に関すること, threaten [verb] 誰かを罰するまたは傷つけると言うこと、警告する, currently [adv] 今、現在, reserves [noun] 蓄え、備え,

Quiz

本文の内容や単語について問う問題です。問題は全部で5問あります。是非チャレンジしてみて下さい。

1. Current political tensions between China and Japan.

2. 30% of LNG is supplied by Qatar.

3. Power cuts.

4. New LNG supplies from all over the globe.

1. They might have been too generous with supplies.

2. They might have formed a cartel and then controlled prices.

3. They could have directed the traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

4. They could have rapidly added to supplies.

1. for petrol at petrol stations.

2. to buy energy-efficient cars.

3. to exit the gasoline stations.

4. for the sales to begin.

1. to be acknowledged.

2. to arrive.

3. to be promoted..

4. to provide.

1. a cartel would be able to control the market.

2. one cartel would not be able to control the market.

3. contracts are on a short-term basis.

4. exports are given no guarantees as to price or deliveries.

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Shale gas will improve global security of energy supplies シェールガスはエネルギー供給の世界規模の安全を向上させる

Quiz

1.
According to the article, what is currently a threat to energy security?

2.
Why would it have been worrisome if Russia, Qatar and Iran had control of the LNG market?

3.
The oil crises of the 1970s brought power cuts and motorists lining up at the pumps.
This expression indicates that people were waiting in line

4.
Before shale gas appeared on the scene, about 60% of the world’s total reserves were thought to be in Russia, Iran and Qatar.
To appear on the scene is an idiom meaning

5.
Based on the information in the article, because gas exports are not the same as oil exports,

Shale gas will improve global security of energy supplies シェールガスはエネルギー供給の世界規模の安全を向上させる

Quiz

1. According to the article, what is currently a threat to energy security?

2. Why would it have been worrisome if Russia, Qatar and Iran had control of the LNG market?

3. The oil crises of the 1970s brought power cuts and motorists lining up at the pumps.This expression indicates that people were waiting in line

4. Before shale gas appeared on the scene, about 60% of the world’s total reserves were thought to be in Russia, Iran and Qatar.To appear on the scene is an idiom meaning

5. Based on the information in the article, because gas exports are not the same as oil exports,

1.
According to the article, what is currently a threat to energy security?

2.
Why would it have been worrisome if Russia, Qatar and Iran had control of the LNG market?

3.
The oil crises of the 1970s brought power cuts and motorists lining up at the pumps.
This expression indicates that people were waiting in line

4.
Before shale gas appeared on the scene, about 60% of the world’s total reserves were thought to be in Russia, Iran and Qatar.
To appear on the scene is an idiom meaning

5.
Based on the information in the article, because gas exports are not the same as oil exports,