Coal to remain world's top power source over next 20 years

Global energy demand will rise as much as 40% in the next 20 years, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates chairperson Daniel Yergin said on Monday. "In our scenarios for the future we expect by 2030 to see growth somewhere between 30% and 40%...

Now Anglo applies to explore for shale gas in Karoo – Petroleum Agency SA

Diversified miner Anglo American – as well as Shell International – have applied to explore for shale gas in South Africa's arid Karoo, Petroleum Agency SA frontier geology manager Jennifer Marot tells Mining Weekly Online. This follows the...

Sasol-Chesapeake-Statoil apply to explore for shale gas in Karoo

South Africa’s Sasol is taking steps to join the global search for shale gas. Shale has for long been considered a rock too difficult to drill, but the breakthrough of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has opened up shale along with...