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The Shale Oil Boom: A U.S. Phenomenon / Leonardo Maugeri. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, June 2013, 64 p. (Discussion Paper 2013--05)http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/23191/shale_oil_boom.htmlFull report : http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/draft-2.pdfIn this paper,  Maugeri wrote that the unique characteristics of shale oil production are ideal for the United States -- and unlikely to be mirrored elsewhere in the world. These factors include the availability of drilling rigs, and the entrepreneurial nature of the American exploration and production  industry,  both critical for the thousands of wells required for shale oil exploitation... (Belfer Center)