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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking protests fail to halt interest in shale gas
2014-01-12 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hundreds of protesters were making their presence felt again at a fracking site in Barton Moss, Greater Manchester, on Sunday. Since November a hardy group of campaigners have been protesting at the site where planning permission has been granted to energy company IGas to carry out test drilling reflecting the fears of environmentalists that exploring for shale gas is unsafe. But their efforts seem unlikely to halt the tide of interest among corporations and the government. The French oil...
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Tax breaks fracking firms as UK goes 'all out for shale'
2014-01-12 17:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday promised tax breaks worth millions of pounds to local councils who encourage shale gas development, declaring the country was going "all out for shale". Cameron announced that local authorities in England will collect all of the tax collected from shale gas sites -â?? double the current 50 percent figure. The government calculates that this could be worth up to 1.7 million ($2.8 million, 2 million euros) a year for a typical site. "We're going...
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...
Total 'to invest in UK shale gas'
2014-01-12 04:52:47| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
French oil and gas company Total is to invest in the UK's shale gas industry, it is to be announced on Monday.
Total 'to invest in UK shale gas'
2014-01-11 13:12:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
French oil and gas company Total is to invest in the UK's shale gas industry, it is to be announced on Monday.
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