Keyword: hydraulic fracturing
News
10.02.2016
- Companies wishing to carry out hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Yorkshire will have to prove they have made efforts to reduce the impact of drilling on the landscape, a...
Chemistry & Life Sciences
05.06.2015
- The outlook for producers of chemicals used in the exploration and production of oil and gas has not been promising after the crash in oil prices in the second half of 2014...
News
13.05.2015
- Swiss-based petrochemicals mammoth Ineos has completed its planned purchase of shale gas exploration permits in England and Scotland from IGas and now claims to be the UK's third...
News
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...
News
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...
News
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...
News
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...
News
09.01.2015
- A judge in the US state of West Virginia in late December rejected a second legal challenge from Eagle Natrium, a New Martinsville-based subsidiary of Axiall, a manufacturer of...
