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Polish PM Tusk To Meet Canadian Counterpart Harper In Ottawa [May 14, 2012] KATOWICE, Poland -(Dow Jones)- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet with his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper in Ottawa Monday for talks that will touch on Polish-Canadian cooperation on exploration and production of shale gas, Tusk's office said in a statement. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Enea Joins State-controlled Firms In Shale Gas Search [Apr 24, 2012] Polish power utility Enea SA (ENA.WA) joined four other state-controlled listed companies in their joint search for shale gas in Poland, said the group's leader, gas firm PGNiG SA (PGN.WA). [via YahooNews] More >>

Shale gas exploration raises hope, fear in Poland [Apr 09, 2012] A slender shale gas rig rising from the midst of plowed fields and farm houses in Poland has inspired both hope for a local community's prosperity and fears it will ruin bucolic and peaceful village life. [via YahooNews] More >>

Region: Poland revisits shale gas estimates [Apr 04, 2012] Polish farmers sow a field with wheat in front of a drilling rig exploring for shale gas in the eastern Polish village of Grzebowilk. Initial estimates suggested Poland has huge reserves of shale gas, spurring hopes among leaders in Warsaw that it could boost national energy security. [via YahooNews] More >>

Despite Polish estimates of shale gas reserves that Fitch described as "disappointing," investors still feel ... [Mar 27, 2012] According to an eagerly anticipated report from the Polish Geological Institute (PIG), made public on March 21, Poland?s shale gas reserves stand at between 0.35 and 0.77 trillion cubic meters (tcm). [via YahooNews] More >>

New estimate cuts Poland's shale gas expectations [Mar 22, 2012] Poland's shale gas reserves are far lower than originally forecast, the government said Wednesday, a disappointment for a country that had been hoping to break its dependence on Russian energy imports. [via YahooNews] More >>

Estimate cuts Poland's usable shale gas reserves to under 768 billion cubic meters [Mar 22, 2012] WARSAW, Poland - Poland's shale gas reserves are far lower than originally forecast, the government said Wednesday, a disappointment for a country that had been hoping to break its dependence on Russian energy imports. [via YahooNews] More >>

Lower Estimates Prompt Poland to Boost Shale Exploration [Mar 21, 2012] WARSAW - International oil majors and Polish state-controlled companies should ramp up their shale gas exploration efforts in Poland to continue gathering more data, Polish officials said Wednesday after the national geological institute said Polish reserves are likely much smaller than the Energy Information Administration's rougher estimate. [via YahooNews] More >>

New estimate cuts Poland's shale gas expectations [Mar 21, 2012] WARSAW, Poland ? Poland's shale gas reserves are far lower than originally forecast, the government said Wednesday, a disappointment for a country that had been hoping to break its dependence on Russian energy imports. [via YahooNews] More >>

New survey finds Poland has less shale gas reserves [Mar 21, 2012] Warsaw (dpa) - Poland has some 346 billion to 768 billion cubic metres of recoverable shale gas reserves, much less than previous estimates, the Polish Geological Institute said on Wednesday.The new forecast was about ten times lower than previous estimates. The US Department of Energy had estimated last year that Poland had as much as 5.3 trillion cubic metres of shale gas.The reserves would ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Estimate cuts Poland's usable shale gas reserves to under 768 billion cubic meters [Mar 21, 2012] WARSAW, Poland - A Polish government estimate says the country's recoverable shale gas reserves are far lower than originally forecast ? at between 346 and 768 billion cubic meters. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland may need to curb shale gas euphoria [Mar 20, 2012] In recent years, Poland has nurtured a hope that its large underground shale gas reserves could help ease its dependence on Russian energy imports ? a costly and frustrating reliance for this former Soviet satellite. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland Fracking: Shale Gas Production May Begin In 2014 [Mar 15, 2012] WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Poland's treasury minister said Thursday that the country may start producing shale gas for commercial use in 2014, a move that should help the country limit its reliance on neighboring Russia for a large chunk of its energy needs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland may start shale gas production in 2014 [Mar 15, 2012] (03-15) 06:02 PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland's treasury minister said Thursday that the country may start producing shale gas for commercial use in 2014, a move that should help the country limit its reliance on... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish report: shale gas extraction not harmful [Mar 03, 2012] A scientific study in Poland has found that shale gas extraction at one site produced some toxic refuse but that the waste was reused and didn't harm the environment. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Fracking Well Probe Shows No Harm to Environment [Mar 02, 2012] By Maciej Onoszko WARSAW (Reuters) - Drilling at Poland's first shale gas exploration well using the controversial technique known as fracking has not harmed the environment, according to a government study published on Friday. Hydraulic cracking, or fracking, performed at a site in northern Poland operated by 3Legs Resources did not pollute groundwater or the atmosphere, said the study by the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland may scale down shale gas deposit estimates [Mar 02, 2012] A Polish institute says the country's shale gas deposits could be lower than what a U.S. energy agency estimated last year.Last year the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated Poland's reserves ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Talisman Energy assesses value of shale gas deposit it found in Poland [Feb 23, 2012] By The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland - Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM.TO - News) is assessing the commercial potential of a shale gas deposit it has found in northeastern Poland, according to a spokeswoman. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Treasury: State Firms Should Team Up For Shale Gas Search [Feb 10, 2012] Polish state-controlled companies from various industries should team up to look for shale gas in Poland, said Mikolaj Budzanowski, the country's treasury minister. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's PKN Orlen To Intensify Drilling For Shale Gas In 2012 [Feb 09, 2012] Polish state-controlled oil firm PKN Orlen SA (PKN.WA) plans to significantly intensify work on its shale gas concessions in Poland this year and has enough resources to continue exploration without partners, company executive told a press conference Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>