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UK to exceed Poland’s shale gas resources
UK is likely to exceed Poland as the focus of the shale gas industry in Europe, according to the British shale gas company IGas’s estimations.
read more... 05/04/2012
Poland’s PGNiG to minimize the volume of natural gas purchases from Gazprom
Poland’s state-owned natural gas giant PGNiG has announced that it will reduce gas imports from Gazprom via the Yamal pipeline to around 85% of the contracted volume and will replace the missing volume with alternative resources from western European firms.
read more... 21/03/2012
Poland: Fracking well test shows no harm to environment
Drilling at Poland’s first shale gas exploration well using the controversial technique known as hydraulic fracking did not harm the environment and did not cause any tremors, showed the Polish government study published on Friday.
read more... 05/03/2012
Czech Republic to temper its nuclear expectations
The Czech Republic has tempered its nuclear ambitions to build five nuclear reactors in the country, being scaled back to just two units, even if Germany and Poland may have been counting on those nuclear reactors to supply electricity. Germany has halted eight of its oldest reactors, intending to close another nine by 2022, aftermath the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.
read more... 17/02/2012
Could Poland gain independence from Russian gas?
Poland, the place where international energy companies are struggling for the license to drill for shale gas, wants to break the Russian energy grip and sees the shale gas extraction practice as direction to independence from the Russian giant Gazprom, even if many residents near the drilling places are concerned about the risks.
read more... 10/02/2012