and energy benefits connected with the development of shale gas extraction in the USA and Canada, both in a regional and national aspect. The information was based

in the trends of traditional rules of the global energy resource market. The USA, as the biggest importer of oil, is supposed to be resource independent in the next

The extraction tax system in the US incorporates federal and state taxes.

systems in different countries: Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Russia and the USA. Russia and the USA are the leading world producers of energy resources. In recent

following voivodeships: Lublin, ‎Łódź and Mazowieckie. They comprise nearly 6 thousand square kilometres. The company has conducted 4 exploration drills

example, the Barnett deposit in the United States which is approximately 13 thousand square kilometres, has had 15 thousand boreholes drilled to the end of 2010. The

including 186 milliard cubic metres of tight gas (31 percent production in the USA), 93 milliard shale gas (16 percent) and 51 milliard methane from coal beds

(approximately 450-400 million years ago). A big part of the reserves in the USA is a bit younger and comes from the Devonian period (400-350 million years ago).

by the laws in force which in Europe are much more restrictive than in the USA and proper care of the environment by extraction companies may completely eliminate