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3 Feb 2015

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Sputnik

Poland: Chevron abandons shale gas plans following protests over social & environmental impacts

"Chevron Pulls the Plug on Poland Shale Gas Exploration", 31st Jan 2015-02-03

...Energy giant Chevron has said it is abandoning natural gas exploration in Poland's shale formations...Chevron, the US's second largest energy producer, follows Exxon Mobil, Marathon Oil and Eni in pulling out of shale projects in Poland, where exploration has seen initially high estimates of shale gas reserves be downgraded as well as coming up against geological difficulties when drilling exploration wells...However,...as well as technical problems of extraction, public opposition to the exploration has gathered steam, including protests such as a 400 day blockade carried out by environmentalists and local residents in the town of Zurawlow which prevented drilling...