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Futurist Dr. Patrick Dixon, keynote speaker at ICBI's Flame 2012, comments that gas power is a natural partner to wind and solar, which will allow for rapid balancing of power. He believes hydrualic fracturing will play an important part in the future for the EU to stay as independent as possible...
As exploration of shale gas reserves resumes in Lancashire in the UK, a leading energy industry observer says EU legislation fails to support an important nascent industry. Dr Pierre Noël, Senior Research Associate and Director of the Energy Policy Forum at Cambridge Judge Business School, believes...
Stratfor examines the future of the international shale gas industry and discusses the burgeoning market for U.S. and Australian natural gas exports.
Panel on energy security at the Brussels Forum 2012 moderated by Ms. Sylke Tempel, Editor-in-Chief, Internationale Politik. Speakers included: Mr. Iain Conn, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Refining & Marketing BP The Hon. Nikolay Mladenov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria Amb.
Tamboran recently confirmed a massive natural gas find in north County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland, and in Co. Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, which could ensure security of gas supply to the whole of country for the next 40 years in the Republic and for 50 years in Northern Ireland.
Michael Schuetz of the Watch the European Commission’s addresses the audience at the 2011 Shale Gas World Europe discussing “Shale gas and European Union energy policy”. Watch his presentation below:
Watch Chesapeake Energy video to see a typical well pad and drilling operation. The visuals give great insight into the operations that are becoming increasingly common in the industry.
Each of the two Nord Stream Pipelines is built in three sections. Once completed, the sections are welded together. This "tie-in" process takes place on the seabed in an underwater welding habitat. Welding activities are remotely controlled from a support vessel, and divers assist and monitor the subsea...
John Craven of BBC Countryfile visits Cuadrilla Resources' Preese Hall drill site to learn more about shale gas exploration and the process of hydraulic fracturing.
In January 2009, Europe's gas supplies from the east were severed, leaving half of the continent in the cold and exposing its dependency on energy imports. Click here for the European Commission's video on Energy Security in Europe