Industry players closely monitoring lawmaker’s debate over new production tax on operators in largest US natural gas field.
Total began searching for a new joint venture partner to take a share of a shale gas exploration permit in France. The zone covered by the French permit obtained in March 2010, could contain up to 2,380 billion cubic meters of gas, this amount estimated by multiplying the average gas level in the area by the surface area.
Poland’s reserves of shale gas may be as much as 3 trillion cubic meters, according to estimates by geologists and energy consultants, potentially making the country a net exporter of gas and reducing Europe’s dependence on Russia.
Bloomberg.com reports that, for a stake in Talisman Energy Inc's (TSE:TLM,NYSE:TLM) Canadian shale-gas assets, Sasol Ltd (NYSE:SSL) will pay C$1.05 B .
Suncor Energy Inc, Canada's largest energy company, has just announced that it has agreed to a transaction with Direct Energy to sell natural gas assets for about $358.5 million. The deal comes as part of Suncor’s strategic business alignment and ongoing plans to divest of a number of non-core assets totaling $2.8 billion.
Monday, May 16, 2011