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27 May 2012
                       
 
 
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02 Mar 2012
 
 
 
 
Strong economic case for lifting shale exploration ban, economist argues
UNCONVENTIONAL GAS
The material macroeconomic, energy security and employment benefits that could potentially flow from developing the southern Karoo’s shale-gas resources offered a compelling case for government...
 
 
23 Jan 2012
 
Heavyweight industry group issues carbon tax warning
CARBON TAXES
An industry lobby group comprising large mining groups and mineral processing companies is cautioning against the proposed introduction of a carbon tax in South Africa until South Africa has fully...
 
 
06 Sep 2011
 
SA: Peters: Address by the Minister of Energy, at the 4th annual gas conference, Johannesburg (06/09/2011)
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Date: 06/09/2011
Source: The Department of Energy
Title: SA: Peters: Address by the Minister of Energy, at the 4th annual gas conference, Johannesburg

 

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18 Aug 2011
 
DA: Statement by Gareth Morgan, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of water and environmental affairs, welcoming Minister Shabangu’s desire to further study on fracking (18/08/2011)
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes Minister Shabangu’s extension of the moratorium on prospecting for shale gas for a further six months. By doing so she has acknowledged that there...

 
 
30 May 2011
 
 
 
Energy and Climate Change Committee - Fifth Report: Shale Gas (May 2011)
CLIMATE CHANGE
Shale gas resources in the UK could be considerable—particularly offshore—but are unlikely to be a "game changer" to the same extent as they have been in the US, where the shale gas revolution...
 
 
21 Apr 2011
 
Karoo prospecting can't affect SKA – Minister
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
There seems to be little chance that oil giant Shell's plans to prospect for shale gas in the Karoo Basin using the "fracking" method will have an impact on South Africa's bid to host the square...
 
 
Cabinet backs Karoo natural-gas drilling moratorium
NATURAL GAS
South Africa’s Cabinet endorsed the Department of Mineral Resources’ (DMR’s) decision to declare a moratorium on natural-gas drilling in the Karoo region, government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi...
 
 
13 Apr 2011
 
DA: Statement by Gareth Morgan, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of water and environmental affairs, calling for a moratorium on gas exploration (13/04/2011)
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For a whole host of reasons the Democratic Alliance (DA) has been calling for a moratorium on the granting of gas exploration rights. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which is the process...

 
 
 
                       
 
 
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