Interfax: Rasmussen’s claim Moscow funds “anti-fracking” environmentalists absurd – Greenpeace

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MOSCOW. June 20 (Interfax) – Greenpeace has rejected a claim made by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen that Russia funds European environmentalists opposing shale gas production in Europe. “Greenpeace sees this suggestion as absurd because the Organization and many other environmental groups are calling for fracking which used in exploiting shale formations, to be banned across the world,” Greenpeace […]

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NEWSLINK: Don’t Worry About U.S. Fracturing

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[Moscow Times – Todd Wood – February 13, 2014 – themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/dont-worry-about-us-fracturing/494439.html] Todd Wood, in a Moscow Times op-ed, writes that while the United States has used fracking to seize the lead in global petroleum exports, Russia has more reserves, and could expand oil field services. Unfortunately for Russia, the U.S. has taken the lead in hydraulic fracturing technology and is […]

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Senior security official: rising shale oil, gas production a threat to Russia

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MOSCOW. Dec 26 (Interfax) – Growing production of shale oil and gas poses a significant risk to Russia’s economic security, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council has claimed. “Having increased its production of shale gas, the United States has reduced its imports of liquefied natural gas. So its exporters have switched over to Europe. In addition, in 2012 the United […]

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Russia Readies to Take Shale Oil Lead

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(Oilprice.com – Daniel J. Graeber – December 7, 2013) President of Russian energy company Rosneft, Igor Sechin, said he was eager to unlock the shale oil potential in the Samara region of western Russia. With forecasts warning the U.S. shale phenomenon won’t last, Russia could be moving its pawns into play. Sechin met Friday with Helge Lund, chief executive officer […]

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The Next Shale Revolution­ Probably Russia

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(Oilprice.com – Charles Kennedy – November 19, 2013) More than 400 shale oil and gas wells will be drilled outside of the US in 2014, most of them in China and Russia, while Europe largely sits on the sidelines of the so-called revolution, according to energy consulting firm Wood Mackenzie Ltd. The geological conditions­not to mention the public support­for a […]

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Russia could try hand at shale gas production

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MOSCOW. Nov 22 (Interfax) – The Russian Energy Ministry proposes taking the first steps towards developing the country’s shale gas resources, staring with licensing and incentives to produce this sort of gas. The proposals are in a protocol resolution for a meeting to be chaired by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and planned for Thursday, but which has been put […]

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