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US paves way for shale gas export to India
Daily News & Analysis
Opening up the prospects of export of shale gas to energy starved India, the US on Saturday granted conditional authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to nations that do not have Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with it.
US energy revolution gathers paceFinancial Times
UPDATE 3-US ends freeze on new natural gas exports, approves Texas terminalReuters
Obama Administration OKs Second Natural Gas Export TerminalFox Business
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Economic Times
US paves way for shale gas export to India
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: Opening up the prospects of export of shale gas to energy starved India, the US today granted conditional authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to nations that do not have Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with ...
US energy revolution gathers paceFinancial Times
UPDATE 3-US ends freeze on new natural gas exports, approves Texas terminalReuters
U.S. OKs liquefied natural gas exports to Japan, othersGlobalPost

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New York Times
3 Foreign Companies Invest in US Project to Export Liquid Gas
New York Times
LONDON — In a sign the United States shale gas boom is making global waves, two Japanese conglomerates and a big French energy player signed agreements on Friday to invest up to $7 billion in a liquefied natural gas project in Louisiana.
US energy revolution gathers paceFinancial Times
Obama Administration OKs Second Natural Gas Export TerminalFox Business
Freeport LNG Export Terminal Approved; What Does it Mean?Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
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The Hindu
Land, a key issue in tapping shale gas potential: ONGC chief
The Hindu
Land is one of the major challenges that would have to be handled strategically before India could tap its resources of shale gas, Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Sudhir Vasudeva, said. Shale gas, which is natural gas ...
ONGC keen on shale gas - Deccan HeraldDeccan Herald
Huge scope for improving Indian shale gas estimates: ONGCNew York Daily News
Bengal shale gas hurdle - The TelegraphCalcutta Telegraph
Economic Times -TwoCircles.net -Financial Express
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Economic Times
ONGC keen on shale gas - Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
Speaking at a seminar on shale gas at the Bengal Chamber, he said lack of infrastructure was one of the several issues towards development of shale gas. Vasudeva said that dual ownership right of a block would never work for extraction of different ...
Huge scope for improving Indian shale gas estimates: ONGCNew York Daily News
Shale gas extraction faces numerous challenge in India: Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD ...Economic Times
ONGC mulling sale of stakes of some deep-water blocks to ShellTwoCircles.net
Zee News
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Fort Worth Business Press
Another Study Finds Fracking Didn't Contaminate Water
TheBlaze.com
What they found was that Arkansas homeowners “typically had good water quality, regardless of whether they were near shale gas development,” Robert Jackson, a professor of environmental sciences at Duke, said in a statement. Duke University Study ...
Study: Natural gas fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water, but geology there ...Washington Post (blog)
Arkansas Groundwater 'Not Contaminated By Fracking'Environmental Leader
Study: Gas drilling in state hasn't contaminated wellsNWAOnline (subscription)
Trib- Today
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Pertamina looks to Talisman's expertise in Indonesian shale gas block
National Post
JAKARTA — State energy firm Pertamina is planning to tap into the expertise of Canada's Talisman Energy Inc as it embarks on Indonesia's first shale gas extraction project, a company official said on Friday. Pertamina said this week it would spend $28 ...
Pertamina allocates $7.8b for shale blockJakarta Post
Pertamina 'may seek shale block partner'Upstream Online

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Economic Times
Huge scope for improving Indian shale gas estimates: ONGC
New York Daily News
As per the US government's EIA (Energy Information Administration) estimates, India's four basins - Damodar, KG, Cambay and Cauvery - have shale gas resources of around 290 trillion cubic feet, of which 63 TCF is considered technically recoverable.
ONGC plans to enter unconventional gas sourcesHindu Business Line

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Huge scope for improving Indian shale gas estimates: ONGC - News Track India
Newstrack India
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) State-owned energy major ONGC Friday said there is a huge scope of upward revision of the shale gas estimates for the country. As per the US government's EIA (Energy Information Administration) estimates, India's four basins ...

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Commentary: An Asia perspective on US shale gas impact on petrochemicals
ICIS (subscription)
Nobody would be surprised to learn that the number one topic discussed at the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC) was US shale gas and its global impact. But whereas players at the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) ...
World Shale Oil & Gas Series: Asia Pacific Summit to move to the heart of the ...OilVoice (press release)

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Fort Worth Business Press
Study finds no evidence of water contamination from shale gas drilling in Arkansas
environmentalresearchweb
The scientists sampled 127 shallow drinking water wells in areas overlying Fayetteville Shale gas production in north-central Arkansas. They analyzed the samples for major and trace elements and hydrocarbons, and used isotopic tracers to identify the ...
Arkansas Groundwater 'Not Contaminated By Fracking'Environmental Leader
New study: Fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas waterWatertown Public Opinion
Study: Gas drilling in state hasn't contaminated wellsNWAOnline (subscription)
Arkansas Online (subscription)
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Pertamina Looks to Canadian Firm for Help in First Shale Gas Block
Jakarta Globe
Pertamina said this week it would spend $28 million over the next three years on exploration and drilling in the Sumbagut shale gas block in North Sumatra, and was looking for help from Talisman Energy, a long-time upstream investor in Indonesia that ...
Pertamina allocates $7.8b for shale blockJakarta Post

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US shale gas production driving investment
Reinforced Plastics
The shale gas revolution underway in North America is revitalising the petrochemical industry, which will welcome more than $217 billion in new downstream capital investments and a crude oil production capacity increase of more than 52 million barrels ...

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Japan buys into US shale gas boom
Financial Times
Japan, in particular, is keen to tap into the US shale revolution, which has transformed the North American energy industry but is only beginning to shake up other regions. Advances in drilling technology have made it possible to extract gas from ...

MiamiHerald.com
Shale gas fan Moniz confirmed as US energy secretary
Windpower Monthly (subscription)
However, some critics have lambasted what is seen as Moniz's emphasis on natural gas as the predominant source of US electricity generation until 2050. It is also unclear whether Moniz will steer the Department of Energy towards more recognition of how ...
Ernest Moniz Confirmed as Energy Secretary, EPA Nominee McCarthy Makes it ...StateImpact Pennsylvania

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Cold War politics hangs over EU shale gas revolution
EUobserver.com
But after years of watching the US plunge head-first into natural gas exploration and of reaping the rewards, Europe's politicians are now deciding whether to join in. Most of the political focus has been on potential economic benefits and the ...
Shale Boom Sees Cheap US Coal Head to Europe and Asia - OilPriceOilPrice.com
European gas industry's green rageOilVoice (press release)

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IBTimes.co.uk
Shale Gas: International Firms Tap Into China's Lucrative Market
IBTimes.co.uk
Workers carry out a practice drill in case of a hydrogen sulfide leak at a natural gas appraisal well of Sinopec in Langzhong county, Sichuan province March 1, 2011. China, which has by far the world?s largest shale deposits, has just started to ...
Halliburton eyes opportunities in China's shale gas industrySouth China Morning Post

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Telegraph.co.uk
Utica shale gas production ramping up slowly, Ohio report shows
Plain Dealer
Led by Chesapeake Energy and Gulfport Energy, both of Oklahoma City, and Anadarko Energy of Texas, producers in Ohio drilled 215 shale wells in 2012, although only 87 of them were actually producing gas or oil, the report released Thursday said.
UK shale gas programme to 'accelerate', say ministersTelegraph.co.uk
Shale Gas & Foreign Oil: How Realistic Is US Energy Independence?Energy Collective
Hedegaard: Forget US-style shale gas revolutionEurActiv
Carbon Brief (blog) -Creamer Media's Engineering News -Plastics & Rubber Weekly
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Halliburton eyes opportunities in China's shale gas industry
South China Morning Post
Lamar Duhon, vice-president of business development in Asia at US-based oil services firm Halliburton, said Beijing's decision to give financial incentives to explorers of shale gas would help them cope with the challenges of exploiting the clean ...

FuelFix
Impact of Shale Gas Development on Regional Water Quality - Science
Science Careers Blog (subscription)
Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing make the extraction of tightly bound natural gas from shale formations economically feasible. These technologies are not free from environmental risks, however, especially those related to regional water ...
Hydraulic fracturing is a resource game-changerThe Daily Advertiser
Sidley Austin LLP | This Week in Hydraulic FracturingLinex Legal (registration) (press release)
Proposed fracking legislation expected to unleash Southern Illinois oil boomEvansville Courier & Press
The Southern
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