Keyword: UK shale gas exploration
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20.08.2014
- Ineos has acquired the 51% stake owned by BG Group in a UK shale gas exploration license. The remaining 49% is in the hands of Dart Energy, which is in the process of being taken...
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31.07.2014
- The UK government is pressing ahead with plans to fully embrace shale gas. On July 28, the Department for Energy and Climate Change launched the "14th onshore licensing round,"...
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30.04.2014
- UK shale gas exploration company Cuadrilla has received the green light to test oil extraction in Balcombe, the West Sussex village that saw major anti-fracking protests in 2013...
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28.04.2014
- Citing an independent report, exploration company Egdon Resources now estimates that its UK shale gas licences hold around 18 trillion cubic feet of gas, enough to supply Britain...
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18.02.2014
- Ineos has secured a second shale gas supply contract, with Consor Energy of the U.S., to feed its European crackers in Norway, the U.K., France and Germany from 2015. The ethane...
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12.11.2013
- The discussion of the potential hazards of shale gas extraction has been enriched by two recent reports from the UK and the U.S. While the first report seeks to assure skeptics...
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20.06.2013
- The ongoing UK debate over the chances and risks of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is gathering momentum. The country already has one of the largest anti-fracking movements...
