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Spain discloses an amendment to shale gas fracking
The Spanish government has recently decided to give a chance to shale gas fracking, publishing ground rules for operators making use of hydraulic fracturing in the country, amending the previous law to allow water-intensive drilling.
read more... 05/11/2013
Turkey started operations for shale gas extraction
Turkey has started hydraulic fracturing operations to extract shale gas in the Thracian and southeastern Anatolian regions. Turkey is aiming to expand the employ of horizontal drilling to exploit the estimated 163 trillion cubic feet of reserves that have been detected in the country.
read more... 26/09/2013
Poland rethinks its strategy for shale gas production
Doubts over the scale of Poland's shale gas reserves surfaced last June after ExxonMobil announced plans to cease exploration, citing disappointing test drilling results. The withdrawal of two more multinationals - Talisman Energy of Canada and U.S. oil giant Marathon - has cast significant doubts over the viability of shale gas in Poland.
read more... 09/07/2013
France Geothermal Fracking Energy Polemics
France is pushing ahead with plans to exploit geothermal energy trapped in rocks deep in the earth using hydraulic drilling methods, a technique which was forbidden in 2011.
read more... 08/04/2013
Cuadrilla delays plans of fracking to 2014
UK shale gas explorer Cuadrilla Resources has announced on Wednesday it was delaying its plans to begin hydraulic fracturing at its Bowland shale project in Lancashire, one of its three drilling sites, to 2014, while it accomplish an environmental impact assessment for the site of each exploration well.
read more... 14/03/2013