Keyword: hydraulic fracturing

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Ineos May Apply for UK fracking licence

17.12.2013 - Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe has said the company may apply to pursue shale gas exploration in the UK when the government begins awarding additional fracking licenses. However, no...

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Formosa Plastics Plans $2 Billion Ethane Cracker in Texas

27.11.2013 - One of Asia's largest chemicals and plastics producers, Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics, is seeking to cash in on the U.S. shale gas boom with its own $2 billion ethane cracker in...

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Colorado Creates Rules To Reduce Fracking Emissions

19.11.2013 - Colorado announced proposed rules on Monday designed to reduce emissions during oil and gas operations in an agreement with drillers that addresses one key environmental concern...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Shale Gas in Europe

26.08.2013 - Shale Gas is Rolling in U.S. - Although shale gas extraction has been known and performed to a limited extent for decades in the U.S., exploitation has become competitive only in...

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Ukraine Region Rejects Chevron Shale Gas Deal Draft

21.08.2013 - A shale gas deal in Ukraine hit a setback on Tuesday when a local council rejected the government's draft production-sharing agreement with U.S. energy company Chevron amid...

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RusPetro Says Tight Oil Tax Relief to Provide Big Boost

29.07.2013 - RusPetro, the only Russian company focused on hard-to-extract "tight oil", said it would get significant tax relief for almost all of its current crude production under a law...

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New DOE Fracking Study Claims No Contamination of Drinking Water

25.07.2013 - The controversial findings of a new shale gas study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and conducted by the department's National Energy Technology Laboratory in...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Petrochemical Feedstock Prospects

24.07.2013 - Crack To The Future - The petrochemical feedstock world is changing. Historically most petrochemical feedstock came from the refinery, with refinery naphtha and liquefied petroleum...