Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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AGGBEAT TO GO To get daily news updates from AggBeat Online, scan this tag with your smart phone. Currently, there are 21 million net acres in North America for organic growth "in prolific, liquids-rich plays," Caveney noted. This breaks down to 15.3 million net acres in the lower 48 states and 5.9 million net acres in Western Canada. This would allow North America to be a net oil exporter af- ter 2025, as shale increases the North American oil supply and reduces imports, Caveney says. By 2030, shale will contribute more than 50 percent of total U.S. production, according to re- search by Wood Mackenzie, a research and consulting firm for several industries including energy, mining, metal, oil, gas, coal, refining, power, and electricity. "This is a revolution that is not only going to affect North America, but many other places in the world," Caveney pointed out. "Argentina is considered to have some of the best rocks." Caveney is quick to emphasize, though, that "this is not a Protect Crushers from Dangerous Tramp Metals ERIEZ is your "Best Defense" against damaging tramp metals. High power suspended magnets and metal detectors remove metals before they reach your valuable crushers and downstream equipment. Learn more at ERIEZ.com Suspended Magnets Metal Detectors or visit www.eriez.com & Vibratory Feeders. Call 888-300-3743 Suspended Magnets • Metal Detectors • Heavy Duty Feeders AGGREGATES MANAGER November 2012 7 How to Choose & Use... Industrial Magnets, Metal Detectors Get your FREE copy of slam dunk." Those opposed to this type of energy development and the industry as a whole — much like the NIMBYs of the ag- gregates industry — "are pressuring the government to put more and more regulations on the industry, which will limit availability and its use." He also added that natural gas underwent many of the same hurdles. "There was legislation that controlled the price of natural gas because of concern there wasn't enough supply," Caveney said. "They made it equivalent to putting a man on the moon. This proved to be a fallacy."