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France keeps hydraulic fracking ban despite business lobbies
France remains committed to its moratorium on shale gas exploration using fracking, according to a declaration made by French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Energy Delphine Batho during a debate, aired on both radio RMC and BFM TV with Laurence Parisot, head of the French business association MEDEF.
read more... 07/06/2013
Poland’s shale gas hopes fade on Talisman, Marathon withdrawal
Poland’s shale gas hopes have recently suffered a major blow after the North American energy companies-Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil announced that they are quitting the exploration for shale gas in Poland. Poland, the former Soviet bloc country, hoped that the exploration of its shale gas deposits will soon reduce its dependence on Russian gas supplies and will further transform the nation from a gas importer to a gas exporter.
read more... 14/05/2013
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
German RWE abandons production of crude oil and natural gas
RWE AG has announced on Tuesday it has put its oil and gas exploration and production business up for sale in a move aimed to remove pressure on future capital spending and improve the company’s financial situation.
read more... 06/03/2013
Romania: shale gas a priority of the country’s energy policy
In recent weeks the Romanian government is announcing changes in its move toward the exploration and extraction of unconventional gas deposits, while Prime Minister Victor Ponta has begun to talk in positive terms about shale gas, recognizing it as a priority of energy policy.
read more... 19/02/2013