Shell starts public consultation for SA shale gas exploration

Energy giant Shell has appointed an independent consultancy to compile an environmental management programme for its shale gas exploration activities in South Africa’s Karoo basin. Shell submitted an application to the Petroleum Agency of South...

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Large shale gas find in Karoo would be ‘game changer' – Sasol

A discovery of large recoverable shale gas reserves in South Africa's Karoo Basin would be a "game changer" in the broader South African energy market context, Sasol Petroleum International MD Ebbie Haan said on Monday. Haan said in a media...

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...

Sasol wants to explore for shale gas in the Karoo

Gas-to-liquids (GTL) producer Sasol has applied to explore for shale gas in the Karoo, together with Chesapeake Energy and Statoil ASA. The application is for an onshore right to search for the natural shale-based gas, which has already caused...