Keyword: shale gas

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Chevron Quits Shale Gas Market in Romania, too

26.02.2015 - Shortly after announcing plans to withdraw from shale gas exploration in Poland, US oil and energy group Chevron has said it will also pull out of Romania before the end of the...

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Ineos Says Scottish Fracking Halt Threatens Grangemouth

12.02.2015 - Scotland's plans for a temporary moratorium on shale gas exploration threaten the existence of Ineos' Grangemouth complex, Gary Haywood, CEO of Ineos Upstream - the company founded...

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Chevron Pulling Out of Polish Shale Gas Exploration

11.02.2015 - US oil group Chevron has announced plans to pull out of Polish shale gas exploration, commenting that exploiting the country's reserves there "no longer compares favorably" with...

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UK Parliament Rejects Calls to Restore Fracking Halt

28.01.2015 - A push by members of the parliamentary Environment Audit Committee (EAC) to reimpose a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the UK has been defeated in the House of...

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Cancer Researcher Says Fracking Chemicals Are Carcinogens

23.01.2015 - Chemicals "known to be carcinogens," such as benzene and formaldehyde, being used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for shale gas in South Africa's Karoo basin, could lead to an...

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Wintershall Says Shale Debate Still Blocks Conventional Gas

21.01.2015 - The ongoing heated discussion about shale gas continues to block conventional natural gas production in Germany, says BASFs oil and gas subsidiary Wintershall. The company adds...

Strategy & Management

Profitable Growth in Specialty Chemicals

20.01.2015 - The European chemical industry's share of the global market remains on a downward trajectory in continuation of the negative trend visible to observers for years. Europe's chemical...

Markets & Companies

Shale Booms into Plastics Export Market

20.01.2015 - The development of shale gas and the resulting low prices for natural gas in the United States have resulted in a major change in the production costs of plastics. According to the...