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For people in the oil and gas industry, it's the stuff of nightmares - usually: a face-to-face forum with environmental groups, who, it sometimes seems, are opposed to pretty much everything. But such bad dreams have been put to bed for unconventional gas explorer Falcon Oil & Gas, or at least for...
In a recent speech dedicated to Best Practice for Protection of the Local Environment at Fracking Sites, Stefan Baldauf, Director of Global Sales Engineering, GSE Consulting, spoke about what explorers could add to protect the environment - the extra protection to be had from linings. He began his presentation...
France's GRTgaz and Swedish Swedegas join the Dutch-Danish-Belgian initiative to develop a 100% carbon-neutral gas supply by 2050. Both gas transport operators officially announced this engagement during the Gas Week in the European Parliament in Brussels. By signing the common commitment, the companies...
Natural Gas Europe was pleased to have the opportunity to speak with Joe Hennon, European Commission Spokesperson for Environment. We spoke about the role of Europe and the expected environmental laws relating the development of shale gas. European Committees, consulting companies and stakeholders...
Scotland’s environment agency is investing reports that drilling at operations by coal bed methane specialist Dart Energy is leading to an escape of gas. SEPA, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, will look into reports that methane is “bubbling up” from wells drilled...
A study by Durham University’s Energy Institute in the UK concludes that fracking for shale gas has not caused “significant” earthquakes. Professor Richard Davies, who authored the study, said in a statement: “Hydraulic fracturing is not a significant mechanism for inducing felt...
2011 Oklahoma Temblor Came Amid Increased Manmade Seismicity A new study in the journal Geology is the latest to tie a string of unusual earthquakes, in this case, in central Oklahoma, to the injection of wastewater deep underground. Researchers now say that the magnitude 5.7 earthquake near...
In preparation for its exploitation of shale gas, the Polish government has proposed new legislation which environmental campaigners fear could effectively eliminate the possibility of organised opposition. Under new provisions introduced by the Ministry of Environment, which will form part of Poland’s...
Statement on European Commission Green Paper : “A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies’ As a conversation starter on the EU’s 2030 climate and energy policies, the European Commission attempts to reconcile polar opposites: The Green Paper highlights the EU as “a frontrunner...
In a panel entitled "Leadership Perspectives" at the European Gas Conference in Vienna, Austria, Gasunie CEO Paul van Gelder said he had a nice story to tell after having cheered himself up from hearing some of the European natural gas industry's uncertainties. Regarding the various scenarios regarding...
