08.10.2019
- The Scottish government has again extended its indefinite moratorium on shale gas exploitation, but as before sidestepped the definitive ban that climate campaigners and more...
16.07.2018
- Scotland has extended for one year a shale gas exploration license owned 80% by Ineos, while at the same time underscoring its continued opposition to fracking. Environmental...
11.01.2018
- Ineos Shale, UK-based exploration and fracking arm of Swiss-based Ineos group, on Jan. 10 announced it planned to legally challenge Scotland’s permanent moratorium on fracking, as...
24.11.2016
- Supporters and opponents of fracking in Scotland continue to be divided as to the merits of shale gas exploration, but more than half of those responding to a poll taken after...
20.09.2016
- As olefins and polyolefins giant Ineos prepares to welcome the landing of the first US shale gas-derived ethane imports to its Grangemouth complex in Scotland on Sept. 27, the...
24.08.2016
- Ineos has found a fresh occasion to aim its pro-shale battering ram at the Scottish government’s door. Despite protestations earlier this year that it is quite content to bide its...
16.06.2016
- Polyolefins giant Ineos has challenged the Scottish Labour Party to supply evidence supporting its calls for an immediate ban on fracking. With the support of the Green and Liberal...
10.11.2015
- Ineos is emerging more and more as an indirect supplier and potential direct provider of shale gas-derived ethane to third parties rather than just a consumer. Hardly a day goes by...
