Keyword: hydraulic fracturing

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Germany Opens the Door a Crack for Shale Gas

21.11.2014 - Germany's chemical industry association Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) has called on the federal government to swiftly allow exploration of shale gas deposits as a signal...

Strategy & Management

Repercussions of the US Shale Story

19.11.2014 - The two words on everyone's lips in recent years in the energy industry have been "shale boom." This article will lay out JBC Energy's view of the future of the U.S. shale boom and...

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Shell Wants South Africa to Move on Shale Gas

13.11.2014 - Energy and petrochemicals giant Shell has expressed concern about the slow progress South Africa is making in granting licenses for shale gas exploration, despite having accepted...

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German Village Fears Link Between Cancer and Fracking

23.10.2014 - In the small German village of Bothel, near Bremen, the recent publication of epidemiological findings that cases of leukemia and lymphoma in men in the years 2003 to 2012 were...

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ExxonMobil Outlines Risk Management Practice for Fracking

02.10.2014 - US oil and petrochemicals group ExxonMobil has released a report to shareholders detailing how it assesses and deals with the risks of developing unconventional resources...

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Ineos Proposes to Share 6% of Fracking Revenue With UK Communities

29.09.2014 - Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of petrochemicals giant Ineos, which recently acquired a stake in a UK shale gas exploration license, has launched an initiative to promote public...

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Germany Places Moratorium on Fracking Until 2021

15.09.2014 - Germany's federal environment ministry, as expected, has announced a planned moratorium on commercial hydraulic fracturing, or fracking above 3,000 meters depth until "at least"...

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UK Awards Licences for Shale Gas Exploration

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,"...