South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has said thh government intends to proceed with the development of shale gas in the Karoo. Speaking during a community engagement in the Northern Cape, Zwane said the decision was based on the need to diversify the country’s energy sources. The move comes amid fierce lobbying in recent years…
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French oil major Total has extended an option with British shale gas developer Egdon Resources to buy a stake in one of Egdon’s shale gas licences, the companies said. Egdon said in a statement Total had agreed on an option to farm in to its PEDL209 exploration licence in Lincolnshire by Dec. 31, 2018, which…
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Only a quarter of the shale gas contained in one of the UK’s largest reserves might be recoverable because of limited space to develop the wells needed to extract it, according to new research. Researchers from the ReFINE (Research Fracking in Europe) consortium looked at the impact of existing and immovable infrastructure – such as buildings, roads…
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