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Quebec government tables legislation to limit shale-gas exploration

The Canadian PressMay 16, 2013 01:45
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has tabled legislation which could impose a moratorium on exploration for shale gas in the St. Lawrence River valley during the next five years. The bill would prohibit drilling, hydraulic fracturing — also known as fracking — as well as injection tests. Environment Minister Yves-Francois Blanchet tabled the legislation in the national assembly on Wednesday. The moratorium would last for five years or until new regulations on shale gas exploration are in place.

New Brunswick blueprint for oil and gas gives vision but lacks details

The Canadian PressMay 9, 2013 14:05
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has released its so-called blueprint for the oil and natural gas industry, but it's short on details on the government's approach. The 40-page document says the government will monitor water and air quality and respond with necessary regulations as the natural gas industry develops. Environment Minister Bruce Fitch says the focus is to ensure the industry can evolve in an environmentally safe manner.

Company decisions hurt Poland's hopes for shale gas industry

The Canadian PressMay 8, 2013 09:34
WARSAW, Poland - News that Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil are pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its deposits of the hydrocarbon will soon cut its dependence on Russian supplies and support the weakening economy.

UK should do more to speed shale gas development - MPs

April 25, 2013 19:30
LONDON (Reuters) - MPs criticised the government on Friday for unnecessarily delaying development of shale gas, saying it should now encourage companies to come up with more accurate estimates of recoverable reserves. The lack of progress over the past two years in exploration and development of UK shale gas is disappointing and needs to speed up, members of the influential cross-party Energy and Climate Change Committee in parliament said in a report.

Cuadrilla must tone down fracking safety claims - UK watchdog

April 24, 2013 09:30
LONDON (Reuters) - British shale gas explorer Cuadrilla Resources has been criticised by the country's advertising watchdog for exaggerating the safety of fracking, increasing concerns over the disputed extraction method. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said Cuadrilla's assertion in a 2012 brochure that it uses "proven, safe technologies to explore for and recover natural gas" were misleading, exaggerated and not substantiated.

Foreign investors attracted to U.S. shale gas drilling

April 10, 2013 15:18
Foreign companies have invested more than US$ 26 billion in tight oil and shale gas development in the United States since 2008, according to a latest government analysis. In one recent example, Chinese company Sinochem inked a US$ 1.7-billion joint venture deal to acquire a stake in the Wolfcamp shale play in West Texas, reported The Houston Chronicle newspaper on Tuesday, citing the analysis conducted and published by the U.S.

If we used shale gas in Lithuania, maybe there would less instances of such abnormal spring - presidential advisor

April 6, 2013 05:24
President Dalia Grybauskaite's chief adviser on economic and social policy issues Nerijus Udrenas says that if we explored shale gas in Lithuania and started to use it, maybe we would have less such instances of abnormal spring as it is now."Some scientists claim that such disorderly and abnormal climate is due to increased carbon dioxide levels which are growing all over the world. The use of gas allows us to reduce carbon dioxide emissions because it is less polluting than coal.

USA supports Baltic drive towards energy independence

April 6, 2013 05:24
On March 25 Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovich met with the ambassador of USA to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy. During the meeting current updates of the EU energy policy and Lithuanian strategic energy projects were discussed, Lithuanian Ministry of Energy said. Minister Neverovich expressed his content that a lot of attention in the European Union policy is paid to the finalization of single energy market. This issue is one of the main priorities of the Lithuanian Presidency of the European Council in the second half of 2013.

Shale gas extraction has to be explained in "people's language" - US ambassador in Lithuania

April 6, 2013 05:23
U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah Ann McCarthy says that the United States also had a lot of concerns about the shale gas extraction dangers in the past. She says that information about the shale gas extraction has to be presented in a way that is understandable to all people. "In my country, when the shale gas extraction technologies only were just beginning to develop, we also had heated discussion about it. A number of environmentalist groups were against the shale gas plans.

Romanians protest against gas fracking

April 4, 2013 14:45
Hundreds of Romanians protested in several cities on Thursday against plans for shell gas exploration, known as fracking, voicing concerns over environmental pollution and health hazards. "Exploiting shale gas threatens to contaminate ground water and I don't want us and our children to some day be forced to drink infested water," one of the protesters, Cristian Popescu, a 42-year-old public servant, told AFP.
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