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Petroleum Agency SA is exhibiting at the AAPG International Milan Conference
Visit us at the Milano Convention Centre, Milan, Italy
International Pavilion, booth number 410 & 412
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News

Poland sees big role

Fri, 20 Jan 2012

Newly appointed Polish treasury minister, Mikolaj Budzanowski, says if state-owned firms contribute strongly, he expects to see the first real effects of the extraction process by 2014.

Fracking may test wa

Wed, 21 Dec 2011

The diminution of aquifers and contamination of water resources in the Karoo by potential hydraulic fracturing are the government?s ?major concerns? and the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs is considering changes to the National Water Act to ensure adequate control over the process of e

Economic benefit of

Mon, 14 Nov 2011

NPC commissioner Mike Muller, a civil engineer, says: "It would be a mistake to paralyse potential growth for a lack of evidence

Poland vows to veto

Thu, 29 Sep 2011

Marek Strzelecki and Ben Farey Warsaw POLAND would veto any EU legislation that threatened its sovereignty in energy policy, Maciej Olex-Szczytowski, an adviser to the Polish foreign minister on economics and business, said yesterday.

GE, PetroSA pursuing

Tue, 27 Sep 2011

GE and PetroSA, South Africa's national oil company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a framework for exploring co-operation between the two companies that could lead to future commercial opportunities and help support the country's ongoing economic growth.

SA awaits shale gas

Wed, 07 Sep 2011

South Africa has very limited gas reserves and the Department of Energy is awaiting the outcome of the assessment of shale gas potential.

US Shale Gas and the

Thu, 21 Jul 2011

Rising U.S. natural gas production from shale formations has already played a critical role in weakening Russia's ability to wield an "energy weapon" over its European customers, and this trend will accelerate in the coming decades, according to a new Baker Institute study, "Shale Gas and U.