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Matthew Scotland, Energy Reports Writer, Visiongain provides an overview of The Shale Gas Market 2011-2021 The amalgamation of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies in the 1980s enabled the US to become the pioneers of commercial shale gas production. Although the first shale gas...
South Africa has followed the path of France and declared a moratorium on shale gas drilling in the Karoo basin region."Cabinet has endorsed the decision by the Department of Mineral Resources to invoke a moratorium on licenses in the Karoo, where fracking is proposed," the government said in a statement.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has completed an initial assessment that suggests shale gas resources, which have recently provided a major boost to U.S. natural gas production, are also available in other world regions.EIA sponsored Advanced Resources International, Inc., to assess 48 gas...
Boosted by recent breakthroughs in its production and its relatively small carbon footprint, the head of Europe´s largest oil company says natural gas will play a bigger role in the global energy mix in the coming decades.Speaking today to the World Energy Congress in Montreal, Royal Dutch Shell Chief...
While people from all over the world converge on Williamsport for the Little League World Series, another group of international visitors arrived Wednesday with other interests - the development of shale gas. The U.S. State Department sponsored the visit, which followed the two-day Global Shale Gas...
Speaking at the recent Global Shale Gas Summit, Glynn Ellis, Manager, New Business from Shell’s Global Exploration division emphasized the large role that unconventionals are playing in Shell’s reserves replacement strategy. Shell has strong shale gas positions in North America, taken initiatives...
