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United Kingdom: Shale gas firms to get more power to drill under homes
2014-06-04 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A group of 50 academics from some of the UK's leading universities today call on politicians to fast-track a UK shale gas industry, the latest salvo in an increasingly polarised debate around fracking. In a letter to the Guardian on Thursday, the scientists argue there are "undeniable economic, environmental and national security benefits" from shale being produced in the north-west of the country. The move comes just days after Sir Paul McCartney and 150 other celebrities called on the government...
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Shale and non-Russian gas imports at heart of new EU energy strategy
2014-05-28 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Europe will need to tap more diverse sources of gas and develop more supplies of controversial shale gas within the continent, amid concerns over the Ukraine crisis, according to a new energy security strategy unveiled by the European commission on Wednesday. But green campaigners pointed to a change from earlier proposals for the strategy in favour of more emphasis on gas at the expense of green fuels and reducing demand. They slammed the published strategy for promoting fossil fuels too heavily...
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Armour Energy de-risks Australia shale gas potential
2014-05-28 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Armour Energy has unveiled technical information from two wells it drilled last year in Queensland, Australia, that further de-risks the gas potential of Lawn and Riversleigh Shales.
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No shale gas potential in Weald basin, concludes British Geological Survey
2014-05-23 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Government hopes that Britain can emulate the US with a shale gas revolution have been undermined with a long-awaited report unexpectedly concluding there is no potential in the Weald region of southern England. Michael Fallon, the energy minister, insisted he was neither "disappointed nor happy" at the findings from the British Geological Survey (BGS) and denied the government had "hyped" UK potential. He preferred to focus on more positive BGS findings that there could be 4.4bn barrels of...
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ExxonMobil discovers oil and gas in Argentina shale well; expands presence in Permian shale in US
2014-05-22 20:30:41| Green Car Congress
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