08.05.2015
- German chemical producers organized in the industry association Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) are concerned about the impact of the new rules for fracking being debated in...
15.04.2015
- Oil production from major US shale plays will decline by almost 60,000 barrels per day between April and May according to new estimates from the Energy Information Administration...
11.03.2015
- Ineos has announced plans to acquire a 50% interest in seven IGas shale gas licences, known as the Bowland licences, in northwestern England. With the deal, the olefins and...
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...
03.02.2015
- Only days after the UK Parliament rejected its environment audit committee's proposal to reinstate a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, Scotland has called on London to stop...
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...
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...
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...
