| Summary | | | | team of industry experts. |
| Oil and Gas Supply Demand Outlook in the Americas | | | | North America is expected to witness growth in the |
| to 2020 - Increasing Oil and Gas Production Changing | | | | production of both oil and gas in the next 10 years. In |
| the Industry Dynamics", provides an in-depth analysis | | | | addition to strong growth in demand, the development |
| of the oil and gas supply and demand outlook in the | | | | of oil and gas shale fields will result in strong growth in |
| Americas and highlights the various concerns, shifting | | | | oil and gas production from North America. Between |
| trends and concerns. This energy report provides | | | | 2010 and 2020, North American oil and gas production |
| forecasts for the crude oil production and consumption | | | | rates are forecast to increase at AAGRs of 2.1% and |
| sectors of the oil and natural gas industry to 2020. The | | | | 0.7%, respectively. By 2015, Brazil will emerge as South |
| report also provides segmental forecasts of the crude | | | | and Central America's largest crude oil producer, |
| oil and natural gas trade balance in North America and | | | | surpassing Venezuela and Mexico. With substantial |
| South America and highlights the major countries in the | | | | reserves found in the waters off Brazil, the country is |
| region. The report discusses the regulatory structure | | | | expected to increase its production by an average of |
| and infrastructure in the different countries in the region. | | | | 7.8% per annum. Further, amidst the increasing usage |
| The report is built using data and information sourced | | | | of hydroelectricity and ethanol production from |
| from proprietary databases, primary and secondary | | | | sugarcane, the demand for fossil fuels is expected to |
| research and in-house analysis by GBI Research's | | | | remain low in Brazil in the medium to long term. |