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Environment and Natural Resources Program North American Oil and Gas Reserves: Prospects and Policy Summary of a Workshop at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government May 1, 2012 Jonathan Bailey Henry Lee July 2012 Discussion Paper #2012 –11 Belfer Center Discussion Paper Series Environment and Natural Resources Program Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Fax: (617) 495-8963 Email: belfer_center@ Website: Copyright 2012 President and Fellows of Harvard College The authors of this report invites use of this information for educational purposes, requiring only that the reproduced material clearly cite the full source: Bailey, Jonathan and Lee, Henry. “North American Oil and Gas Reserves : Prospects and Policy” Discussion Paper 2012 – 11, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, July 2012. Statements and views expressed in this discussion paper are solely those of the authors and do not imply endorsement by Harvard University, the Harvard Kennedy School, or the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. NORTH AMERICAN OIL AND GAS RESERVES : PROSPECTS AND POLICY SUMMARY OF A WORKSHOP AT THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT MAY 1, 2012 JONATHAN BAILEY HENRY LEE JULY 2012 FORWARD Expanding estimates of North America’s supply of accessible shale gas, and more recently, shale oil, have been trumpeted in many circles as the most significant energy resource development since the oil boom in Texas in the late 1920s. How large are these resources? What challenges will need to be overcome if their potential is to be realized? How will they impact U.S. energy policy? To address these questions, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and two of its programs ― the Environment and Natural Resour