The first EUCERS Strategy Paper: “STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES OF UNCONVENTIONAL GAS: A GAME CHANGER WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EU’S ENERGY SECURITY” by Maximilian Kuhn and Frank Umbach, addresses the potential, various obstacles and challenges for European unconventional gas. By taking into account  important questions about the future market structure, the regulatory environment, political risk, investor confidence, geopolitical consequences, public acceptance and competition with other fuels – especially renewables -, which need to be answered in the months and years ahead.

This EUCERS Strategy Paper tries to answer these demanding questions by providing an insightful and comprehensive introduction to these issues to help policy-makers, scholars, industry executives, practitioners, and concerned citizens alike to understand the importance and the broad implications of this issue.

`Strategic Perspectives of Unconventional Gas´ incorporated comments from an expert round-table on 15 March 2011 jointly organized by Research Analysts at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at Kings College London.

We would like to thank everyone who contributed and hope that the comprehensive study on this important subject will find your interest.

The EUCERS Strategy Paper: `Strategic Perspectives of Unconventional Gas: A Game Changer with implications for the EU´s Energy Security´ is available for download here!