British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intends to return the moratorium on hydrocarbon production by hydraulic fracturing (HF) in England, writes the Financial Times newspaper.
The ban, in place since November 2019, was lifted by the Liz Truss government in September. Then Truss explained this decision by the fact that the energy security of the country should become an absolute priority.
Sunak, who spoke in the House of Commons on Wednesday, said he supported the Conservative Party’s 2019 public declaration saying fracturing in England would not be allowed “until science clearly shows it can be done safely.” “.
The UK has halted hydraulic fracturing after a series of tremors were recorded in the country’s only shale well near Blackpool in northwest England.
Canadian-based Tenaz Energy Corp. is interested in the implementation of projects for the development of hydrocarbon areas in Ukraine, head of the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine Roman Opimakh said on Facebook after a meeting with executive director of the company Anthony Marino in Kyiv. “Special attention (on the part of Tenaz Energy Corp. is paid to the facilities, where production was suspended due to a sharp drop in the production rate of wells that are not being developed now,” Opimakh said with reference to Marino.In turn, the head of the service informed the representative of the Canadian company about the existing proposals in the field of hydrocarbon development in Ukraine, as well as about possible ways to implement business projects.“The service has prepared and published in the investment atlas of a subsoil user 50 objects with oil and gas deposits for electronic auction. This is more than 6,000 square kilometers throughout Ukraine, including areas with approved reserves and green fields,” Opimakh explained at the meeting.According to him, it is possible to obtain the right to explore and develop by purchasing special permits at electronic auctions, which the service regularly conducts on the ProZorro.Sale platform.He also informed the Canadian investor about the possibility of Tenaz Energy Corp.’s entering the existing farm-in subsoil use projects.“The condition is the acquisition of a share in the company that is the licensee. Such a mechanism may be of interest to enterprises that are experiencing difficulties in unlocking the full potential of the facilities, and the international partner will offer capital and experience,” Opimakh emphasized. Tenaz Energy Corp. is a public company specializing in the acquisition of oil and gas assets around the world through mergers and acquisitions in order to create an efficient extraction business. Tenaz Energy Corp. has carried out operations to acquire assets worth more than $ 6 billion and has experience of operating in 65 countries of the world. The company develops hydrocarbons in Central Alberta (Canada) and focuses on the markets of Europe, the Middle East, South America and North Africa.
