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Filling The Gap: How the US Energy Boom is Shaping Refining Markets in Latin America

The surge in unconventional oil and gas production in North America has dramatically shifted energy markets in the Americas, with important implications for Latin America and the Caribbean. A new report by Lisa Viscidi, Director of the Energy, Climate Change and Extractive Industries Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, examines the factors behind rising oil demand and the growing deficit in refining capacity in Latin America, as well as the geopolitical implications of increasing US oil product exports to the region.

Lisa Viscidi

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Refining Markets in Latin America

Latin America, a region facing growing demand, has become the main destination for US oil product exports.

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Latin America’s Oil Sector

Despite its prodigious petroleum reserves, many countries in Latin America are experiencing declining production. What explains the paradox?

Timothy Stackhouse

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