Print The French authorities are studying legal ways to ban the import of shale gas in the US in connection with the current French ban on mining method of hydraulic fracturing.
This was during Tuesday, May 10 , in the National Assembly (the lower chamber of the French parliament), said the Minister of ecology, sustainable development and energy France Segolene Royal. She noted that since France at the legislative level in its territory banned the production of hydrocarbons by the method of hydraulic fracturing, the government should also ban the import of shale gas.
criticized the company Électricité de France In his speech, Royal (EDF ) and Engie because they signed a contract for the importation of liquefied natural gas from the United States. As part of the contracts is expected that the share of shale gas in the data supply can reach 40% of the total
The agency “Reuters” ( “France studying possible ban on import of US Shale gas – minister”)., Edition of the ” Liberation “(” Gaz de schiste: Ségolène Royal veut interdire l’importation “), as well as a number of other media published her comments
I was asked to start the process of studying possible legislative regulations ban on import of shale gas in connection with the decision taken in France by the law to ban gas using hydraulic fracturing.
These companies, one way or another, will have to find other markets for gas imports traditional origin. ”
These are the contracts that were signed last year. In September 2015 the US Cheniere Energy and EDF signed an agreement to supply LNG to France in 2017-2018. In October 2015 the media reported on the conclusion of a similar agreement to supply LNG from the US to France between Cheniere Energy and Engie.
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