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France's Total joins shale gas hunt in Britain
2014-01-12 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Total (TOTF.PA) has agreed to invest up to $48 million for a stake in shale licenses in Britain, the first major oil company to back the industry in a country seen as one of Europe's strongest prospects for unconventional oil and gas development. Dart Energy (DTE.AX) said on Monday Total would acquire a 40 percent interest in two licenses in Lincolnshire, in central England, paying $1.6 million in back costs and up to $46.5 million funding a shale exploration program. Total would become operator...
France's Total to explore for shale in Britain
2014-01-10 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Total, the French oil giant, is to become the first major firm to explore for shale gas in Britain, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, despite a ban on exploration in France. The firm will on Monday announce a deal under which it will join an exploration licence in Lincolnshire, central England, currently operated by US company Ecorp, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter. Singapore-based Dart Energy and UK-listed Igas and Edgdon resources are also partners in the...
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Foul Weather In Britain Linked To U.S. 'Polar Vortex'
2014-01-06 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Britain's southwest coast is getting slammed by a winter storm, with high winds driving waves as high as 27 feet ashore in an unusual event that meteorologists say is likely linked to the bone-chilling "polar vortex" gripping much of the U.S. The U.K. Met Office is warning of continued "exceptionally high waves." It said the waves were triggered by a large, deep depression in the Atlantic which was "whipping waves up" out at sea. The Associated Press reports that: "It said the storm is loosely...
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Britain faces another barrage of rain as coast counts the cost of 'worst storms in 20 years'
2014-01-05 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Areas of southern England and Wales already devastated by floods will be battered by another barrage of rain over the next 24 hours, the Met Office has warned. After a series of winter storms described by experts as the worst to hit Britain in more than 20 years, between 10mm and 15mm of rain, and up to 30mm on higher ground, is expected in southern England before moving north-eastwards. Heavy rain is also expected in parts of Northern Island and Scotland. The Environment Agency has issued...
As Britain counts cost of extreme weather, the forecast is there's more to come
2014-01-05 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Areas of southern England and Wales already devastated by floods will be battered by another barrage of rain over the next 24 hours, the Met Office has warned. After two weeks of gales and mass flooding over the Christmas and New Year period, between 10mm and 15mm of rain, and up to 30mm on higher ground, is expected to hit southern England before moving north-eastwards. Heavy rain is also expected in parts of Northern Island and Scotland. Heavy rain yesterday afternoon and into the early evening...
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