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About European and Polish future of shale gas and situation in Ukraine
13 maja, 2014
“The debate on the role and development of shale gas extraction in Poland is necessary, especially in the context of the situation in Ukraine. Developments in recent months have promoted us to take a closer look at the options available to Europe to increase energy security through the diversification of supply sources,” said Deputy Minister Katarzyna Kacperczyk during the opening address of The European Shale Gas Regulation and Supply Chain Summit conference, organised in London on 12 May.
The event, which was also attended by Michael Fallon, UK’s Energy Minister, provided an opportunity to discuss the development of shale gas extraction and the shale gas market in Europe and to present the Polish perspective on this subject. The future direction of European shale gas regulation was also an important topic discussed at the conference.
“Searching for methods that will permit better and fuller use of all the EU countries’ deposits, including shale gas deposits, should be the subject of a Polish-UK debate as well as collaboration,” stressed Deputy Minister Kacperczyk during her speech. The deputy foreign minister noted that the whole EU has an interest in finding a compromise that would enable using deposits without harming the environment, in a way that is acceptable to all EU Member States and also profitable.
Thirty-four entities have a licence to extract shale gas in Poland. Our country now has 63 drilling wells which places it at the forefront of shale gas production outside North America. Polish shale gas deposits are estimated at 4.1 billion cubic meters.
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