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37,600
198
76 IRELAND UK
797
76
DENMARK
LITHUANIA
645 NETHERLANDS
557 1,484
POLAND
GERMANY
3,396
200 AUSTRIA
FRANCE
700 HUNGARY
839 ROMANIA
1,364
650 BULGARIA
SPAIN
Lorem Ipsum
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ANALYSIS
SWEDEN
WHO’S WHO
EXPLORATION
20 //
SERVICES DIRECTORY 86 //
SERVICES
DATA TRACKER
INDICATORS
CONTENTS
30 // TRENDING 34 // UK SHALE UPDATE
36
• Conservatives win election • UK permits fracking rules • Shale likely to get go-ahead
TIGHT GAS
fuels imagination in Poland
38
SCOTLAND
50
PGNIG
20
fracking moratorium hurt by new rules
54 // THE OPPOSITION
• UK: fracking best banned • PL: gas as an interim fuel • Both: shale strictly regulated
58
European shale, a pictorial
68
OPEC: friend or foe?
70
China’s Fuling field takes off
72
Argentina, a fast mule
102 // POLAND SHALE COALITION Aggreko newest member
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OPINION
BY WOJCIECH KOŚĆ
Sum up, Step back, Look ahead Shale gas needs to find its place in Poland’s energy puzzle and five years of exploration are suggesting - slowly as it is - how it just might fit. WHEN I FIRST googled the phrase “shale gas Poland” I stumbled upon a 2010 article from the Prague-based magazine Transitions, where I started as journalist in 1999. The article’s title was “The Sweet Song of Shale,” a bitter irony looking back on the first five years of shale gas in Poland. Well, at least as long as one only looks at headlines in the media. After five years publishing of the Shale Gas Investment Guide , we’ve gone through the early phase of enOperators are on thusiasm, when hita learning curve, ting a sweet spot in Pomerania seemed a recognizing what it matter of months, to the current sober outtakes to max out the look. Five years on, 70 gas-bearing potential wells drilled and still no commercial gas of Polish shales flow in a coal-loving Poland. But what those five years have brought to Poland should by no means be underestimated. The fact that the opposition loves, such as Chevron’s pulling out from the European shale exploration, has given shale gas development too much of a one-sided interpretation of a complete failure. When you speak to those who know better, however, here’s what they say: things have been scaled back to their normal size. There will not be trillions of cubic meters of shale gas.
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The scale is rather five billion cubic meters (bcm) a year and it’s “still worth going after,” according to Paweł Poprawa whom I intervied for this issue of the Shale Gas Investment Guide. To put that figure in perspective, five bcm a year would give Poland a huge leverage in negotiating a new price with current chief supplier Gazprom, something that Lithuania did in early 2015, with the help of LNG imports. That level of production is within reach. Not least because operators have been on a learning curve, recognizing what it takes to max out the gas-bearing potential of Polish shale formations. For example, it is going to take fracs designed in such a way that they overcome the marlstone barrier between two shale strata, an obstacle to drilling in northern Poland. Or it is going to take a revised mapping of gas, oil, and liquids windows, which seemed to have been mistaken in the early stage. Stepping back to look ahead, it seems the Polish shale effort will continue - ShaleTech, for instance, will begin exploring in the Baltic basin on the acreage formerly held by Lane Energy. Albeit, the role of shale will change: from an unnecessarily hyped panacea to all of Poland’s energy problems to a small yet important piece of a complex energy puzzle: think renewables on the rise and coal in a diminished role. A place for everything, and everything in its place.
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PUBLISHER PARKER SNYDER
ART DIRECTOR ŁUKASZ MAZUREK
CONCEPT DESIGN PAIGE WEIR
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20
BRENT NBP
120
18
110
16
100
14
90
12
80
10
70
8
60
6
50
4
INDICATORS 30
2009
2010
OIL AND GAS PRICE $/MMBtu
2012
2013
2014
0
Active concessions Cumulative wells
18 16
100
14
90
12
80
10
70
8
60
6
50
4
Wells drilled
Concessions
20
BRENT NBP
110
300
150
200
100
100
50
E X P E RT V I E W
2
40 30
2011
EXPLORATION ACTIVITY, PL & UK
$/Bbl 120
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40
130
SHALE GAS
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
0
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
SOURCE: CLEANTECH
2013
2014
0
SOURCE: CLEANTECH
Crude oil's current low price is behind the significant slowdown in the EU-28
unconventional oil and gas sector, as most of the companies that work in the upstream segment have cut exploration expenditure. Reduced demand for energy in the EU Wells also played aConcessions role in diverting investors' attention from risky unconventionals. drilled Active concessions Cumulative wells
150
300
MOST ACTIVE EXPLORERS OVER 6 MONTHS 100
200
Company
Country 50
100
INEOS Upstream Gripen Oil&Gas
UK 0
UNCONVENTIONAL EU28 OIL AND GAS BY COMPANY
2009
2010
2011
2012
SE2013
Orlen Upstream
PL
2014
0
Total concession (Q4-Q1)
New wells (Q4-Q1)
9 (+7)
-
23 (+1)
-
9
1 1
Palomar Natural Resources
PL
4
AB Igrene
SE
25
-
Ascent Resources
SK
1
-
Wintershall
DE
9
-
ConocoPhillips
PL
3
-
Cuadrilla Resources Egdon Resources ExxonMobil
PL, UK, NL
7
-
UK
35
-
DE, (PL)*
18
-
GDF Suez SA
DE, UK
28
-
Hutton Energy
UK, (PL)
4
-
Nordsøfonden
DK
2
-
Shesa
ES
5
-
Total BNK Petroleum Inc San Leon Energy Plc PGNiG IGas Chevron
DK, UK
5
-
PL, ES, (DE)
4 (-1)
-
PL, ES, (DE), (SK)
15 (-1)
-
PL
10(-2)
-
UK, DE
62 (-7)
-
(RO), (PL), (LT)
0 (-8)
* Country code in parentheses denotes operator left that country
SOURCE: CLEANTECH
For more information about licensing per country, please see the Who's Who section on page 76
Affected by the low price of oil, unconventional oil and gas sector will not
see many new shale gas exploration wells drilled in H1 of 2015. In Poland, exploration will continue by state-controlled Orlen Upstream and PGNiG. Drilling activity is also expected in Sweden, where shallow shale strata will likely not have to involve hydraulic fracturing to produce gas. In the UK, Cuadrilla Resources, amidst high controversy and local protests, is awaiting a fracking go-ahead from local authorities, but the sector as a whole is waiting for the results of the licensing round later in 2015.
PIOTR WDOWIŃSKI P R I N C I PA L A N A LYS T CLEANTECH
The first half of 2015 has brought a
significant slowdown to the exploration of unconventional oil and gas in EU-28. This has come largely on the back of oil's plunging price, which disencouraged operators to invest in risky ventures that unconventionals are. Apart from the situation on the global commodity market, unconventional oil and gas is not in favor with several European governments. Early 2015 saw new moratoriums on hydraulic fracturing imposed in countries like the Netherlands, where the existing ban was extended until 2017. The Welsh government said in February that it would do what it can to disallow fracking in Wales. Scotland banned the controversial technology altogether. The Scottish ban affected exploration plans of INEOS Upstream that had interest in two Scottish licenses and tied the future of its refinery facility in Grangemouth to gas from shales as raw fuel. On a more positive note, the licensing area of the 14th UK onshore licensing round does not like it is going to be reduced, as the more pro-shale gas Tories managed to win May election in the UK. The current iteration of the Infrastructure Bill is not restrictive, but the opposition pledged to change it if they won the May vote, which eventually did not take place. Elsewhere, the exploration effort is either even slower or at a very early stage. Drilling of the first shale gas well in Denmark has been delayed as at press time, because of alleged use of unauthorized chemicals. Hungary's licensing round is expected to close in April 2015, with the country hoping to attract investors from the US and Asia for its onshore oil and gas resources. The results of Croatia's first onshore licensing round were also expected in April.
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INDICATORS DEPRESSED CRUDE OIL PRICE HAS OIL AND GAS FIRMS SCALE BACK INVESTMENT, HURTS SERVICES At the current level of crude oil prices, E&P companies will not go ahead with investments as willingly as they used to in recent
years. This will especially affect investments in exploration of P3 reserves such as shale gas, tight gas and CBM in Europe. Lower cash flow of E&P companies will also affect oilfield service companies such as Schlumberger, Halliburton and Weatherford whose revenues depend on drilling activity. These service companies have already said that they will cut jobs. CHEVRON
CONOCOPHILLIPS
SHELL
EXXONMOBIL
TOTAL
Chevron's capex
Capital spending
Shell was the first
ExxonMobil's ca-
The French major
for 2015 was cut 13% y/y to USD 35 bln. The investment cuts will affect Chevron’s upstream oil and gas E&P, particularly outside the US. There, investment is planned to decrease from USD 28.3 bln in 2014 to USD 23.4 bln in 2015.
for drilling programs will drop by USD 1.5 bln to USD 5 bln in 2015. The company's long term investment budget will drop by 33% y/y, to USD 11.5 bln. This is a downward revision of a capex cut originally announced in January.
oil and gas major to announce that it would defer or cancel projects worldwide. Exploration will be limited, and the capital spending will drop by USD 3 billion for investments in conventional exploration outside of the US.
pex will go down 12% y/y to USD 34 bln, from the last year's figure of USD 38.5 bln. “We are capturing savings in raw materials, service, and construction costs,” the chairman and CEO Rex W. Tillerson told investors in March.
announced a cut in capital spending of 10% in 2015, as well as a program of asset disposal, all part of a cost-cutting plan of new CEO Patrick Pouyanne. In money terms, the cut will amount to USD 2-3 bln from last year's USD 26 bln.
$-4.9 bln
$-1.5 bln
$-3 bln
$-4.5 bln $-2.6 bln
GLOBAL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, 2015
-17 % -$116bln SOURCE: CLEANTECH
SCHLUMBERGER
WEATHERFORD
BAKER HUGHES, HALLIBURTON
The OFS industry leader said it
Weatherford plans to cut costs by
Halliburton said that due to low
would cut 20,000 jobs, from a total of 130,000, because of the significant slowdown in drilling activity seen since the oil price dropped to around USD 50/bbl.
letting go about 9% of its workforce, which accounts for 5000 jobs, out of current 56,000 worldwide. Weatherford expects a reduction of capex by USD 550 mln to USD 900 mln in 2015.
oil price, it would cut about 1,000 jobs from over 80,000. Baker Hughes which was recently acquired by Halliburton said it would lay off about 10,500 employees, from a total of over 60,000.
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Russia, which has been viewed as unreliable political and business partner of late, following the crisis it instigated in Ukraine. In 2013, the country gas production covered approximately 30% of domestic demand. No less than a revolution in the supply structure might be on the cards, however. Poland wants to diversify supplies using an LNG terminal (7.5198 bcm capacity), coming online in 2015, that will take gas under a signed contract with Qatar. Poland also hopes to develop its estimated 350-780 tcm of shale gas.
37,600
SWEDEN
76 IRELAND UK
BCM BCM
Medium estimates
797
76
DENMARK
LITHUANIA
645
Medium estimates Ongoing exploration Ongoing exploration
NETHERLANDS
557 1,484
POLAND
GERMANY
3,396
200
700
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
FRANCE
839 ROMANIA
1,364
650 BULGARIA
SPAIN
As the EU shale gas potential is not fully understood yet, the map
SOURCES: PGI (2012), EIA (2013), BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (2013/2014)
mostly shows medium estimates. The estimate for Poland is the only one to take into account the results of exploration wells. 2015 KEY PARAMETERS
P RO S P E C T I V E E U RO P E A N S H A L E B A S I N S Country
Basin
State of play
Target Formation
Thickness
Target Depth
DK, SE
Alumn
Exploration ongoing
Cambrian
30-100
100-3500
DE
North Sea German Basin
On hold
Lower Carboniferous, Jurassic
20-500
1000-5000
PL
Baltic
Siluarian, Ordovician
30-300
2000-4000
ES
Cantabrian Basin
Jurassic
50-600
2440-4420
UK
Bowland
Jurassic, Carboniferous
150-890
1950-2750
Exploration ongoing Awaiting EIA approvals Exploration ongoing
Operators involved Total E&P Denmark, Nordsofonden, Gripen O&G, Igrene AB ExxonMobil, Wintershall ConocoPhillips, BNK, San Leon Energy BNK, SHESA, San Leon Energy Cuadrilla Resources, IGas, Third Energy
Prospective Resource Estimate (BCM) 995
1484 250 1364 37600 SOURCE: CLEANTECH
Estimates of prospective shale gas resource vary. Although some of them are very high, more exploration wells are needed
to verify the potential. Poland, for example, is a case in point, with the initial estimates, coming in at 5,000 bcm, reduced significantly since exploratory drilling has begun.
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INDICATORS EXPERT INTERVIEW The gas market in Europe faces multiple challenges: the low oil price has hit E&P budgets, a faltering carbon market favors coal, and unseen before amounts of LNG in search of markets. Is there hope for domestic gas E&P? We asked Christian Schwarck, deputy director of EU affairs at the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers.
“We need to explore for shale gas, at least to understand the potential that may exist” Christian Schwarck, IOGP power market share to coal, which is bad news for our industry as well as for the EU’s climate objectives. That said, we are pleased with the references made in the Energy Union paper to both conventional and unconventional gas. It could be an early indication that the Commission is willing, after all, to recognize the fundamental role of gas for the EU energy security and the role it has to play in the EU's future energy mix. Could gas markets in Europe be more competitive?
C H R I S T I A N S C H WA RC K
Deputy director, EU affairs, International Association of Oil and Gas Producers If you compare annual gas demand forecasts from 2008 to 2013, every year the trend shows an increase, but from an ever lower base. Why is that?
First of all, the volume of demand has fallen because of the economic crisis, which contributed to a fall in overall energy consumption in the EU. Secondly, the European Commission's energy policy for the years to come will involve trying to keep gas demand flat, or even reducing it. This is making gas companies nervous about investing in gas infrastructure in Europe, because Europe doesn’t appear that much of an attractive market. What’s worse, gas is losing market share because of policy failures. Large subsidies for renewables, combined with a weak carbon market, has led to a resurgence in coal in countries like Germany. Current power generation in some key EU member states is based on a paradoxical partnership of coal and renewables, which among other things is not good for the climate as coal emits around twice the CO2 gas does. From 2011 to 2014, gas lost 30% of its
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The Commission should take note that it’s not joint purchasing of gas - as proposed for consideration under the Energy Union project - that will increase gas supply security, but rather development of domestic resources in coordination with market reform. Take a look at North Sea gas markets - the UK, the Netherlands, Norway - they’re competitive markets because of the number of companies looking for gas, producing gas and trading gas, therefore creating a stable and competitive market. Domestic gas resources are possible to develop in European regions that don't really have competitive, liquid markets, for example in South Eastern Europe. The Commission should also encourage so-called gas release programs, in which local gas monopolies release part of their gas to the open market. This was done in 1990s in the UK and recently in Spain to a good effect. With investment in doubt and Russia an unwelcome supplier at the moment, what might the role of LNG be?
LNG adds flexibility to supply and provides extra options for EU gas importers, but the bottleneck is that in order for LNG to serve the wider market, we need interconnectors. For example Spain with its seven LNG facilities is Europe’s biggest LNG market in terms of capacity, but it can’t ship gas freely to France and the rest
of Europe because of lack of interconnectors. More investment is needed in this infrastructure. Do you think that it should be Europe’s strategy to eliminate Russia as source of supply?
Russia will remain an important supplier given the scale of the gas resource there and the existing pipelines that supply Europe. The Commission has said it does not want to eliminate Russia, but rather source Russian gas from a number of suppliers in Russia, not only one. This is the so-called counterparty diversification. Diversified sources of gas, for example from the Caspian region and North Africa, are also needed. But as I said, a key way of ensuring broad security of gas supply is through competitive domestic markets built upon the development of domestic production, trading hubs, LNG with interconnectors, and also market reform to address monopolies where they exist in Europe. Is the industry talking about shale gas any more?
The current oil price is affecting drilling decisions in various parts of Europe right now, but the fact remains we need to explore for shale gas, at least to understand the potential that may exist. Some companies have decided to prioritize investment in other parts of the world, but others remain in place, for example Total in Denmark or ConocoPhillips in Poland. In the current commercial environment, there is perhaps an opportunity for smaller independent companies. These companies can take advantage of prices falling in their supply chain, which could improve the business case of shale gas for them. I would also point to petrochemical companies and utilities as a force that could get the shale gas industry off the ground in Europe.
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INDICATORS BLACK SEA: EUROPE'S OIL AND GAS HOTSPOT... OR WAR THEATER?
UKRAINE RUSSIA
UA
CRIMEA
RO
ROMANIA
B L A C K
RU
GE
GEORGIA
TR
BG
BULGARIA
S E A
RU before 03.2014
TURKEY
RU after 03.2014 Exclusive Economic Zone TANAP Blue Stream White Stream
SOURCE: CLEANTECH
2015 BLACK SEA PIPELINES
W H E R E V E R G A S M AY F LO W Name
Capacity, bcm/year
Year operational
Cost, €bln
TANAP
16
2019
7-7.5
Blue Stream
16
2010
3
White Stream
32
2019
4.5
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2015 BY COUNTRY
R E G I O N A L S C O R E B OA R D Country
Romania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Discovery (potential)
Resource est. (unconfirmed)
Companies
Domino-1, 2012
42-84 bcm
OMV Petrom, Exxon Mobil
Pelican South-1, 2012
20-25 bcm
OMV Petrom, Exxon Mobil
(Est Cobalcescu)
(11.3 bcm)
Petroceltic
(Muridava)
(4.7 bcm)
Petroceltic
1-21 Han-Asparuh
n/a
OMV with Total and Repsol
Kavarna East, 2010
(268 mcm)
Petroceltic
Western Black Sea, 2012
n/a
TPAO
(Sinop block)
n/a
Petrobras, TPAO, Exxon Mobil
(Block no. 3920)
n/a
TPAO, Shell
Russia
n/a
n/a
Exxon Mobil, Rosneft
Ukraine
(Skifska Prospect)
n/a
Exxon Mobil, Shell, OMV Petrom
On the European energy resources
game board, the Black Sea region has been considered a transit area in the first place. But the sea itself could hold considerable resources of offshore oil and gas, which is one of the reasons why Russia attacked Ukraine in March 2014, annexing the Crimean peninsula to change the puzzle of coastal states' economic areas, mainly to disadvantage of Ukraine, but also Turkey.
E X P E RT V I E W A G ATA Ł O S K O T - S T R A C H O TA BLACK SEA REGION EXPERT CENTER OF EASTERN STUDIES
The Black Sea's balance of power has
changed to the advantage of Russia, at the expense of Ukraine and Turkey. Russia, after it cancelled its EU-oriented South Stream pipeline, is however eyeing Turkey as a market for Gazprom's expansion. Moscow is now talking a new Black Sea pipeline, linking Russia to Turkey and capable of sending 63 bcm of gas annually. This, in theory, could be an easier venture than South Stream because the EU's Third Energy Package (separating tranmission from sales) does not bind Ankara.
SOURCE: CLEANTECH
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INDICATORS LITHUANIAN LNG TERMINAL GAME CHANGER IN THE BALTIC REGION LNG Tornio (2018) 50,000 m3
E X P E RT V I E W
planned under construction
FINLAND
operational
LNG Finngulf 300,000 m3
NORWAY
terminal capacity
SWEDEN
LNG Baltic (Export only) 1,300,000 m3
ESTONIA
LNG Gothenburg (2015)
RUSSIA
9,600 m3 (2015)
VIDAS VENCKUS PA R T N E R , P W C
LNG in-flows 20,000 m3 (2017) Norway Lithuania DENMARK Qatar Poland (end of 2015) Qatar Lithuania (2016)
IRELAND UK
LNG Klaipeda 170,000 m3 LITHUANIA
LNG Świnoujście (2015)
NAGLIS VINCIUNAS CO N S U LTA N T, P W C
BELARUS
320,000 m3
2013-2015 COUNTRY
POLAND ANNUAL GAS CONSUMPTION IN THE BALTIC REGION
Before building the terminal, Lithuania
was fully dependent on Gazprom’s gas supplies. The country used to pay for gas the highest price of all three Baltic states. The Lithuania's president Dalia Grybauskaite, said at the time that the terminal was a strategic project that would decide the future of the region, with a potential to make Lithuania the energy security guarantor of the three former Soviet republics. The floating LNG terminal, named InSPAIN dependence, started operations at the end of 2014, on location in Lithuania's major port city Klaipeda. The floating terminal was leased from a Norwegian company Höegh LNG for 10 years. About one billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas are expected to be regasified during the terminal's first year of operation, while in the future, its annual capacity could reach four bcm. This is more than enough to cover Lithuania's demand for gas, so the terminal's designed capacity will also enable to cover substantial percentage of demand in neighboring Latvia and Estonia. The terminal's operator LitGas is already supplying gas to Estonia via the Latvian grid. The terminal is currently operating under an LNG supply contract with Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil that will supply 540 million cubic meters of natural gas (about 950 thousand cubic meters of LNG) annually. Each year Statoil is scheduled to deliver 6-7 LNG cargos to the terminal. The contract with Statoil also provides possibilities for the LNG to be pumped to smaller tonnage vessels at the Klaipėda port and shipped to smaller terminals. Successful development of commercial LNG reloading operations would increase the turnover at the terminal and at the same time lower its maintenance costs which are being covered by Lithuanian consumers.
LATVIA
GERMANY
Country Lithuania FRANCE
BCM
Supplied by Russia
Year
Price of gas in €/MWh
2.7
100%
2013
34.8
Latvia
1.3 AUSTRIA
100%
2014
29.7
Estonia
0.7
2015
31.7
Finland
5
100%
Poland
16
Germany
87.2
* February 2015
HUNGARY 83%*
2013
28
60%
2013
19.1
35%
2013 H1
18.3
ROMANIA
Source: Lithuania Ministry of Energy, EU Commision, Elering, 2015 BULGARIA
Even a single facility could turn a market around. Estonia started buying gas from
Lithuania’s LNG terminal in December 2014 to bring down imports from Russia from 100% to 83% in February, according to the terminal operator LitGas. Gazprom's role on the Lithuanian market has also been reduced, although no exact data is yet available. 2015 COUNTRY
MAJOR DOMESTIC GAS PLAYERS IN BALTIC STATES Country
Company
Role
Lithuania
Lietuvos dujos
Distribution, Retail
Lithuania
Fortum Heat Lietuva
Distribution
Lithuania
Druskininku dujos
Distribution
Lithuania
Josvainiai
Distribution
Lithuania
Grata group UAB
Retail
Lithuania
Dujotekana
Retail
Lithuania
UAB
Retail
Latvia
JSC Latvijas Gāze*
Storage, transmission, retail
Estonia
AS Eesti Gaas
Retail
Estonia
EG Võrguteenus
Transmission, distribution
Estonia
Adven Eesti AS
Distribution
Estonia
Gaasienergia AS
Distribution
Estonia
Tehnovõrkude Ehitus OÜ
Distribution
Estonia
Sillamäe SEJ AS
Distribution
* monopolist until no later than 2017
Source: Konkurentsiament 2014, IEA 2013
Latvia’s monopolist gas grid operator and distributor Latvijas Gaze (LG) is key com-
pany for the development of Baltic gas market. Any gas flowing across the region must flow through LG’s grid. LG also owns the region’s only gas storage facility needed to offset changes in demand. The Latvian government plans to unbundle LG by 2017.
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When the Going Gets Tough FANS WHO GATHERED in the morning of February 10th in Bad Kleinkirchen, Austria, for a women’s World Cup downhill race were disappointed. The race was canceled. Unusually springlike temperatures melted snow. Warm winter in 2014 did not affect Q3 skiers only. Q4 A spell of warm weather that swept central Europe in late 2014 and early 2015 saw temperatures rising to even 18 degrees in some locations. The 300O J C I E C H K O Ś Ć weather was the warmest in Dutch and BY W A N D200 P I O T R W D O W I Ń S K I German recorded history, and the warmest in 50 years in the Czech Republic. 100 This reduced heating and power needs 0 Concessions Wells Concessions Wells Concessions Wellsin Europe Concessions and Wells quashed demand for gas as storage tanks filled to the brim. Others Poland Sweden The EU’s top three consumers all saw United Kingdom Germany Spain their demand tumble in 2014. The demand in the biggest single consumer Germany was 76.2 billion cubic meters (bcm), down 12.6 percent year-on-year (y/y). The second biggest consumer was the UK at 71.5 bcm, down 9.1 percent y/y, with Italy coming third at 60.7 ccm, a drop of 11.6 percent y/y. Across the EU, the overall demand for gas fell 11.2 percent year-on-year in 2014 to 409 bcm, according to the industry association Eurogas, which cited warm winter as one of contributing factors. Prices took a tumble too. In November
The European gas market is looking at some pretty difficult time ahead, as external factors that reduce demand, exploration and Q1 Q2 600 production will only ease 500 in the long run. 400
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2014, UK month-ahead gas prices were at their lowest for the time of year since 2010, an effect of gas storage build-up to record levels while demand suffered. NOT JUST THE WEATHER A couple weeks before skiers in Bad Kleinkirchen had to reschedule their GAS DEMAND IN EU ANNUAL, BCM 600 550 500 450 400 350 300
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
The combination of low price of CO2 emissions, rise of renewable energy, and climate change-induced mild winters is causing gas demand to falter. SOURCE: EUROGAS
events calendar, another event took place, also in Austria. In the capital Vienna, gas executives gathered for the 8th Annual European Gas Conference. There, they witnessed a presentation from Laurent Vivier, French oil and gas major Total’s vice president responsible for strategy and market analysis in the
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gas and power division. Gas professionals saw Mr. Vivier show a slide with projections for gas demand in the power sector between 2020 and 2030. The 2014 forecast saw the demand line go up from about 130 bcm to 160 bcm. This, however, stood in stark contrast to historical demand forecasts, which Mr. Vivier also showed. For example, the 2008 forecast saw demand expectations to start at over 220 bcm for 2020 and go up to 260 bcm in 2030. Mr. Vivier showed demand forecasts for gas in the power sector only. It was clear that it was not just heating sector taking a hit because of mild weather, but falling demand for natural gas in Europe ran across sectors. SLUGGISH GROWTH The ongoing legacy of the economic crisis is one of the factors to impair the role of gas in the EU’s power mix. It is only now that the EU is beginning to shake off the slowdown, but 2014 saw the 28-nation bloc still struggling. The growth in Europe as a whole was 1.5 percent in 2014, expected to pick to 1.9 percent in 2015 and 2.1 percent in 2016, according to the World Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), published in April. While not impressive, these growth
figures are part of the economic cycle. The growth is expected to pick up rather slowly until 2016, but there are chances for it to accelerate beyond current forecasts. A factor to watch is is the European Central Bank (ECB) that keeps rolling out its quantitative easing (QE) program of bond purchases, aimed
Warm winter effectively reduced heating and power needs across Europe quashing demand for gas as storage tanks filled to the brim
power sector, these factors do not look like they will be gone soon. CHEAP COAL Exports of coal from Russia, Colombia and South Africa, the three main shippers to Europe, increased by 8.7 percent year-on-year in 2014, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Russian coal in particular has become competitive in Europe, to the disadvantage of gas. Russia’s exports have been rising with the help of falling domestic consumption along with the weakening rouble. “A near 50 percent decline in the Russian rouble against the dollar since June, following Western sanctions against EU COAL PRICES ANNUAL, USD/TON 150 130 110
to tackle deflation and lower borrowing costs, and in effect boost growth. With weather not a controllable factor and economic growth showing signs of recovery, these two factors can be viewed as a framework within which a number of other factors are at play, not necessarily to gas’ favor. Unfortunately for the gas industry, especially the gas-fired
90 70 50
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Falling coal prices and cheap emissions allowances are driving coal use in the EU, contrary to the bloc’s climate ambitions. SOURCE: BP, IHS MCCLOSKEY NORTHWEST EUROPE
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Moscow over its involvement in the Ukraine crisis and a fall in oil and gas prices, has made [Russian] coal extremely competitive in Europe,” Bloomberg reported in January. European coal prices have struggled more than other energy benchmarks in 2015 thus far. European year-ahead coal price fell to just over EUR52 per metric ton, the lowest in seven years. CHEAP EMISSIONS Rising imports of cheap coal to the EU seem to be at odds with the EU’s ambition to be the leader in pro-climate policy, one of the fundamental goals of which is to reduce coal’s role in the bloc’s energy mix. This would have probably happened, if not for the struggling climate policies. Carbon emissions are cheap – too cheap, in fact, for coal-powered energy sector to bother about them, which in turn puts more expensive gas under pressure. The price of an EUA, the European emission allowance, for December 2015 fell in early April to a record low level of EUR6.89 a ton on ICE Futures Europe exchange in London, a tumble of 70 percent since the start of the carbon market in 2008. The fall owes to a huge oversupply of permits that keeps prices low, encouraging industry to keep burn22 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
ing coal. The EU is considering a draft law aimed at helping prices rebound by introducing a mechanism to automatically cut oversupply via the so-called Market Stability Reserve mechanism. It is set to kick in 2019, despite member states like Poland fighting for delaying it until 2021 because more expensive emissions permits are seen as threat to Poland and other Central Eastern European economies’ energy-intensive industries. JUMP OVER THE BRIDGE EU’s carbon trading policies might be failing at the moment, but the bloc’s policy to develop renewable energy is working. With cheap coal undercutting gas from one side, policy-driven development of wind, solar and other types of renewables is putting a cap on gas’ growth opportunities from the other. This suggests that the EU may just not use gas as the bridge between coal and low-carbon, renewables-driven economy, but simply jump to low-carbon future over it. According to Capgemini’s 16th European Energy Markets Observatory, published in October 2014, the share of renewable energy in the EU came in at 14.1% in 2012 and is well on the path for the 20% EU target in 2020. Some policy initiatives are taking place
CO2 PRICE ICE FUTURES, EUR/TON 20 15 10 5 0
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
The low price of CO2 emissions is one factor whose negative influence on the gas market will fade, as soon as the carbon market reform kicks in around 2019. SOURCE: ICE
across the EU and in the European Commission as well to reduce support for renewable energy, but renewables are now becoming competitive regardless of support systems, and it is hard to believe that their development will stall. Investment in renewables in Europe expanded to EUR51.2 billion in 2014. The figure includes, for example, the EUR3.4 billion finance deal - biggest ever apart from large hydro – of the 600MW Gemini project in Dutch waters. EXPLORATION, PRODUCTION Now that the scene is set – pressure on prices, demand and production from all directions – questions arise on the state
of investment in gas E&P and infrastructure. According to oilfield services company Schlumberger, investment in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) is expected to fall around 15 percent globally in 2015. That’s equivalent to a drop of approximately EUR115 billion from the 2014 figure of EUR644 billion. Even though the largest drop in E&P investment is not occurring in Europe but in North America, plunging oil price has forced international oil and gas companies to invest less in risky ventures - of which the European unconventional gas is a part. This resulted in much-publicized pull-outs like Chevron’s from Polish and Romanian shale gas in January. But conventional gas also appears to get hit. According to Capgemini’s 16th European Energy Markets Observatory, natural gas production in the EU-28 decreased, albeit slightly by 0.5 percent to 167.4 bcm in 2013. A fall of 2.1 percent in 2015 is expected in Cedigaz’ February medium and long term natural gas outlook. In key European markets, the situation is more alarming. The hydrocarbons output from the North Sea, which for decades has played a key role in the European energy supply, fell 35% from 4 MMboe/d to 2.6 Mmboe/d between 2000 and 2012. The decline is due to depleted fields and aging infrastructure. According to the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP), Europe has recently seen a reduced number of investments in the activity of exploring for new reserves of oil and gas, with an exception of Norway. Despite the substantial remaining potential for hydrocarbon discoveries, every year across the EU fewer and fewer wells are being drilled, leading to less indigenous production of energy. “Without new discoveries the decline trend is set to continue,” the IOGP noted. According to the IOGP, the European natural gas basins are maturing, with
their prospects on the decrease, while at the same time the cost of drilling and development has gone up. This may have been offset a little by the depressed price of crude oil, but still “anticipated returns from potential small field developments are often considered too low and this negatively impacts the attractiveness of working in these areas,” the IOGP noted in its 2014 report on gas exploration in Europe.
tion permits from the authorities, and the complexity of the processes, combined with local protests from campaign groups, the IOGP noted. “If Europe is to maximize its economic production of oil and gas, more attention should be paid to fostering a climate that attracts investment and recognises the importance of exploration in ultimately delivering new sources of energy supply,” the IOGP observed.
DECLINING RESERVES A high cost of exploration is also imped-
THE LIQUID THREAT It may not be easy to attain what the IOGP is rooting for. Apart from unfavorable economics of exploration, the policy pressures stemming from the EU’s decarbonisation ambitions, and the climate change reducing demand for gas for heating, the potential of EU’s indigenous production of gas is also hampered by the prospect of mass LNG imports to Europe. According to Capgemini, in 2013, LNG imports in Europe decreased by 28.2% compared to 2012, which accounted for a total of 41.5 bcm (net) imported. This was mainly due to sluggish economic conditions and the increased competitiveness of coal-fired power generation. However, with North Sea production declining, unstable situation in Ukraine, fear of high dependence on Russian sup-
Carbon emissions are too cheap at the moment for coalpowered energy sector to bother about them, which in turn puts more expensive gas under pressure ing investment in drilling that could potentially point to new reserves. Europe’s proven reserves of gas dropped at a rate of 52 percent between 2003-2013 with the trend not expected to change “unless major discoveries occur,” Capgemini noted. Other problems have to do with the regulatory framework and the industry’s ability to attract financing of its operations. Access to finance for smaller operators, as well as fiscal unpredictability and access to infrastructure remain a problem. In southern Europe and eastern Europe the obstacles are more to do with the length of time it takes to obtain explora-
GAS PRODUCTION IN THE EU ANNUAL, BCM 200 180 160 140 120 100
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
With demand on the decrease and considerable amounts of gas available on global markets, Europe seems little incentivized to invest in production. SOURCE: BP, CEDIGAZ
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The EU’s environmental policy, which plays a controversial role now in the context of gas sector’s future, may help swing the pendulum in the opposite direction long term. Amount (BCM) plies and nuclear energy being out of favour after the Fukushima disaster, the EU member states are keen to invest in LNG terminals to ensure diversification and security of supplies. This may further complicate the picture of European gas exploration, as looming imports of LNG may be beneficial from the demand point of view, but may discourage exploration efforts. Several European countries plan to extend capacity of their existing LNG terminals and also plan to build new facilities. According to Gas Infrastructure Europe, there are 29 existing and operational import LNG terminals in Europe. Another 12 LNG terminals are under construction and 27 are planned. According to Eurogas, 51 percent of LNG imports to Europe in 2013 came from Qatar. Algeria supplied 21.5 percent, Nigeria 12.3 percent, and Trinidad & Tobago 4.9 percent. In terms of demand-side risks for LNG, there are two main principal risks, uncertain growth of gas demand in Europe which last year felt by 11 percent, and “gas on gas” competition, where the same resource from different sources and points of origin is competing for markets. STRANDED PIPES Because of the increasing tension between Russia and Ukraine, EU has been seen to put forward plans to wean itself off Russian energy. To that end, the EU is investing in 248 so-called projects of common interest (PCI’s) - in other words, projects of crossborder importance for the EU member states, funded by Connecting Europe Facility - out of which as many as 110 are related to storage of transportation of gas. Development of this many gas infrastructure projects is estimated to cost about EUR 70 billion by 2020. According to BP statistical review, with gas getting more expensive and other, more sustainable sources of energy becoming cheaper, these infrastructure projects may not 24 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
quite pass test for economic feasibility. “Gas pipelines paid for by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) will be left stranded because there will not be enough demand for the gas they transport,” according to environmental think tank E3G. “EU predictions to assess potential pipelines assume a 72 percent higher gas demand than their projections where the EU’s 2030 energy efficiency goals are met,” an E3G study found in 2014.“ The European Commission estimates energy efficiency measures could reduce EU gas imports by 174 Mtoe per year by 2030. That’s about 20 times more than projected import volumes from the LNG IMPORTS ANNUAL, BCM 150 120 90 60 30 0
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
After recent falls, 2015 could see LNG imports pick up again
SOURCE: BP, GIIGNL
Southern Gas Corridor, the EU’s flagship infrastructure project, EurActive reported in 2014. It is also twice the projected import capacity of all the gas projects currently under consideration for funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). These infrastructure investments may also create new dependencies. The new gas imports will increase European dependence on supplies from countries like Azerbaijan, Algeria, Qatar and Nigeria, which are perceived as relatively unstable. OUTLOOK: A NEW HOPE? Anyone who is optimistic that gas demand will grow in Europe should be
taken to task. In our view, the gas sector in Europe has its best years of growth behind. There are too many significant factors for the situation on the European gas market to improve quickly. If there is anything to look forward to, the following factors could change the current difficult situation for better. The importance of coal will peak by 2020 to the advantage of gas, despite increasing share of renewables in the European energy mix. In the longer term, natural gas-fired power generation costs will tend to equalize those of coal in a context of rising CO2 price. The EU’s environmental policy, which plays a controversial role now in the context of the gas sector’s future, may help swing the pendulum in the opposite direction long term. Natural gas in the power sector could return to growth after 2020, owing to impacts of directives on large combustion plants and industrial emissions, nuclear phase out (although that one is not a given), coal plants closures and retirements, as well as backing up renewables. According to Cedigaz, natural gas consumption in the transport sector (CNG along with LNG for heavy goods vehicles and shipping) is expected to grow sixfold by 2035. It will remain concentrated in a few countries (Italy and Germany), as policy intervention is needed for this market to really take off across Europe. At the moment, this sector plays a rather insignificant role. According to a 2014 study on the future of gas demand in Europe by the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies, “outlook for the gas industry includes the potential for modest future growth… but it is unlikely to see a return to 1990s/2000s growth rates.” Perhaps it is time to acknowledge that - apart from all the counter factors at play - that the European gas market has now entered its maturity stage, where a given growth is no longer.
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Plunging oil price hits Europe’s shale gas Europe is still to see an unconventional gas exploration well yield commercial-scale gas flow. This is because too few wells have been drilled to figure out how to finetune unconventional technology to the geology. As long as the low oil price discourages investment, the number of wells is unlikely to pick up. BY PIOTR WDOWIŃSKI
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IT WAS NOT long before the falling oil price hit unconventional oil and gas exploration in Europe. When the oil price started its tumble in June 2014, it took oil and gas companies less than two quarters to announce scaling down their investment programs in the more risky sectors, and unconventional exploration has taken a hit, as companies face impaired cash flows. From in June 2014, the oil price (Brent) has fallen from $112/barrel (bbl) to $66/bbl in early May. There is an array of factors that came to play indeed a perfect storm - which has resulted in the decrease in price. THE LOW DEMAND The origins of the oil crisis - though who considers this a crisis is far from universal - should be tracked to the US’ moving ahead of the OPEC countries as the world’s largest oil producer. The US shale oil and gas boom in Pennsylvania, Texas, or North Dakota, propelled domestic oil and gas production to the highest level in three decades. According to EIA, crude oil production accounted for 9.4 million barrels a day in Feb 2015, a major growth over 5.2 million barrels a day in 2005. Similarly, at the end of 2014, natural gas produc-
tion in the US came in at 773 billion cubic meters (bcm), as compared to 535 bcm in 2005. Rising domestic oil production pushed oil from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria or Algeria out of the US market and made it compete for buyers in Asia, forcing producers to reduce prices. Secondly, the demand for oil of the world’s second largest consumer, China, has almost flattened. The country’s petroleum consumption is expected to reach 503 million tonnes in 2014, up by 1.1 percent year on year, the lowest growth for the past ten years, according to data from ICIS, a market analytics company. The demand dropping in China could be linked - though not exclusively - to slightly slower than expected economic growth of 7.4 percent in 2014. Finally, over the last two decades, Europe has seen a reduced demand for energy - coal and oil in particular, but also gas (see separate story on p. 20) as the European energy mix is undergoing transformation marked by an increase in renewables and improving energy efficiency. According to a Eurostat report from February, primary energy consumption in the EU-28 is currently at the level last recorded 25 years ago, in 1990,
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having decreased by 0.2 percent between 1990 and 2013. During that period, primary energy consumption peaked in 2006 and then fell by 8.8 percent by 2013. Macroeconomics also played a role. The fall in consumption of energy was strengthened by the economic crisis of the early 2009 that the EU is still to shake off entirely. The economy of the EU-28 grew only 1.5 percent in 2014. Europe’s decreasing demand for energy means that coal and oil are losers. According to Eurostat, in the period of 1990 to 2013, consumption of coal and coal products decreased by 37.1 percent, while consumption of oil (including petroleum products) decreased by 14 percent. In the same period of time, consumption of renewable energy increased by over 175 percent, consumption of natural gas (including manufactured gases) grew by 32 percent and consumption of nuclear energy also grew, with the growth coming in at just over 10 percent. THE OVERSUPPLY With the oil price sliding, history would suggest that the oil-exporting countries grouped in OPEC, would cut production. But in late November 2014, during
a meeting in OPEC’s Vienna headquarters, members of the group agreed to keep their daily output at 30 million barrels per day (mb/d), a decision which had been agreed in late 2011. OPEC’s decision was made in the name of “stable oil prices at a level
“The Energy Union project is the most ambitious energy project since the European Coal and Steel Community” Maroš Šefcovic, EU Commissioner for Energy Union which did not affect global economic growth but which, at the same time, allowed producers to receive a decent income and to invest to meet future demand, were vital for world economic well-being,” OPEC said in a release.
OPEC’s maintaining production at the level of 2011 - which might prevent prices from going back up until at least 2016 - is the price that the group is willing to pay in order not to lose its market share, analysts say. That in turn was widely interpreted as a means to pose a challenge to US shale oil producers, whose oil did eat into OPEC-dominated markets. “If the shale oil producers keep their current production level without further growth in 2015 (like OPEC did), the market will stabilize. It’s not logical nor fair to ask OPEC to reduce their production and not ask the other producers to stop their expected growth in supply”, United Arab Emirates’ Energy Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei told Bloomberg in December 2014. As a result, the US oil and gas prices have been trending down, the latter due to a surge in production that shale companies were not legally allowed to export until recently. This had a knock-on effect on US shale gas operators who are seen cutting back on exploration and production spending, even if the decreasing number of rigs has not yet resulted in short-term lower production. According to data from Baker Hughes, the number of rigs in North America -
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where most would be US shale gas rigs - has fallen considerably in the first months of 2015. But the US production may not fall at all in the end. In late January, the US Congress passed legislation enabling export of gas, which is expected to reduce the gas glut in the US. The US gas - now turned into LNG - is set to flow to foreign markets, including Europe, where first deals have been signed already, for example by Lithuania. THE COLLATERAL Falling oil prices coupled with falling demand for energy have hit most vulnerable parts of the oil and gas industry. Most oil and gas companies announced cuts in their exploration budgets (see Indicators, p. 14) and concentrated on most promising projects. For Europe, this meant a retreat from shale gas, which had been long under regulatory and public pressure and struggled to gather momentum even before factors like oil price or energy demand came into play. CONTINENTAL EUROPE In a widely publicized example, the US major Chevron decided in January and February to abandon shale gas exploration in Poland and Romania. The company drilled a total of five wells in those two countries, including four in Poland. In the case of Romania, the company said it was going to relinquish its concessions during 2015. The concessions, located in northeast and southeast of the country, were Chevron’s last shale assets in Europe. Chevron stated that “the opportunities in Poland no longer compete favorably with other opportunities in Chevron’s global portfolio”. This has left shale gas exploration in Poland in the hands of two state-controlled companies PGNiG and Orlen Upstream, as well as independents San 28 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
Leon Energy and BNK Petroleum. The only major left is ConocoPhillips, although they announced a global 33% cut in exploration expenditure in February, which is likely to hit Poland. Apart from Poland, the shale gas story elsewhere in the continental EU is rather unimpressive. The only shale gas project in Denmark, run by French oil and gas major Total, has been delaye due to alleged problems with unauthorized use of chemicals on-site. In Hungary, a bidding round, which is expected to be announced in the first half of 2015, will aim to attract shale gas investors from US and Asia, but the scope of their interest is unknown. UNITED KINGDOM Early in 2015 in the United Kingdom, the future of shale gas exploration was hanging on a new infrastructure bill that went through a cycle of alternating ver-
RIG COUNT (APR 2015 YOY CHANGE) Location
2015
2014
+/-
North America
1011
2029
-1018
SOURCE: BAKER HUGHES
methane. The future of fracking in England will only be affirmed after the UK’s general election taking place in May. Following the vote in the House of Lords, disappointed anti-fracking campaigners are now calling for the Labour party to impose a blanket ban on the technology in case they form the next government. Other parts of the UK do not share the current Tory government’s outlook on shale gas. The Welsh government called upon a ban on fracking in early February, even though the powers in the energy sector are not devolved to Cardiff. In late January, the more powerful Scottish government imposed morato-
WHY EU UNCONVENTIONALS ARE GETTING LESS INTEREST Range
Reason
Direct effect
Knock on effect
Global
Low oil price of USD60-65/bbl
Global exploration investment cut of EUR 103 billions
Decrease in activity of shale gas exploration in EU
Scotland
Public concerns and pressure from environmentalist on fracking
Imposed moratoriums on hydraulic fracking
Unconv. exploration on hold
Holland
Shale gas research needs more time
The Netherlands extended existing ban until 2017
Unconv. exploration on hold
Poland
Complex geology
Despite 70 exploration wells, none are commercial
Shale gas estimates significantly downgraded SOURCE: CLEANTECH
sions that would restrict fracking and then restore more liberal regulations. Eventually, the House of Lords, which is the upper house of the UK parliament, allowed fracking under sensitive areas such as national parks or areas of outstanding natural beauty, as long as the well pad is off-site. The Lords also removed a provision making environmental impact assessments mandatory, as well as a requirement to monitor emissions other than
rium on hydraulic fracturing, which has put the future of shale gas in Scotland under a big question mark. The moratorium played havoc with the plans of INEOS Upstream, the unconventional oil and gas subsidiary of Swiss chemicals giant INEOS, which had two licenses targeting shale gas in Scotland located near the company’s Grangemouth refinery plant. While INEOS is currently building Europe’s largest natural gas import facil-
HOOKED ON IMPORTS ENERGY IMPORTS, %
FINLAND SWEDEN NORWAY
ESTONIA
SHARE OF IMPORTED ENERGY, %
RUSSIA LATVIA IRELAND
DENMARK LITHUANIA
<25
ity to feed its petrochemicals plant at Grangemouth with US shale gas, the company still wants to produce gas from shales at home. “When you are shipping in material from overseas you are always at a disadvantage. It is a very special situation at the moment, with ethane being available in the US at very low prices, because of the rapid increase in production and the lack of demand in the US,, We can’t see that going on,” INEOS’ CEO Gary Haywood told an industry conference in Edinburgh in February. Despite regulatory setback in Scotland, the company appears to believe that it can still take its shale gas project off the ground in England instead. INEOS’ unconventional oil and gas subsidiary INEOS Upstream has recently agreed to pay IGas around EUR40 million for stakes in several IGas’ licences in England and Scotland as well as fund a two-phase work programme of up to EUR195 million to appraise and develop the newly acquired acreage. The deal will move INEOS to third place in the UK in terms of UK shale gas licenses with potential shale gas reserves. SHALE GAS IN ENERGY UNION The unconventional oil and gas industry in Europe has some hopes attached to the EU’s Energy Union project. The Energy Union is, in short, an idea to boost EU’s energy security by improving energy efficiency and reducing import of energy, for which the EU was dependent in 53 percent in 2013, at a price tag of some EUR400 billion (see map). In February, the European Commission adopted a strategy on the energy union, which mentioned unconventional oil and gas in the context of domestically produced energy as a means to reduce the EU’s energy import dependence. Shale gas is perceived as an option next to conventional sources, provided that issues of public acceptance and environmental
UNITED KINGDOM
25-50
RUSSIA
NETHERLANDS
BELARUS
50-75
POLAND
BELGIUM
GERMANY LUXEMBURG
>75
CZECH REPUBLIC
UKRAINE
SLOVAKIA
FRANCE
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
HUNGARY SLOVENIA
ITALY PORTUGAL
BOSNIA
SPAIN
ROMANIA
CROATIA
SERBIA BULGARIA
MONTENEGRO
MACEDONIA
ALBANIA
TURKEY
GREECE
SOURCE: EUROPEAN COMISSION
The EU member states are in favorable position if their dependence on imported energy is either below 50 percent or if the imports come from stable markets. Several EU countries depend on imported energy in at least 75 percent, including ones sourcing it from Russia, with which relationships have become sour recently.
impact are adequately addressed, the energy union strategy document states. WILL EXPLORATION PICK UP? British domestic gas production is falling as the North Sea production declines. According to UK oil and gas giant BP, in the period between 2000 and 2012, oil production declined from 3 million barrels per day (mb/d) to 1 mb/d. The remaining fields are old and mostly tapped out. Newer fields are smaller and more difficult to produce. This should - in theory - play to the hands of the fledgling unconventional oil and gas industry in Britain, as the government continues to see unconventionals as a possible solution for make up for the North Sea’s dwindling output, provided that obstacles referred to earlier in this analysis are overcome. Even though the public opinion’s view on fracking varies in the polls, the majority of UK politicians wants fracking. In January, the UK MPs held a vote on the technology that included a proposal to hold a UK-wide moratorium on the industry. Only 52 out of 650 MPs voted to stop fracking.
Poland has 70 shale gas wells drilled to date, with a handful showing some gas flows, though far from commercial level required by operators. Companies that remain active and politicians alike maintain that exploration must continue (see also p. 48). Elsewhere, there are some feeble signs of hope for shale gas. After a long debate over the use of fracking in Germany, the government tabled a draft law allowing the technology. However, it is not clear whether regulations on fracking aim at making shale gas fracking “less risky” for environment or rather creating rules that would be too strict for potential explorers to consider getting involved. Maria Krautzberger, the president of Germany’s federal environment agency UBA told the SGIG that “it might be that these new strict rules will render shale gas exploration economically unfeasible. Germany’s long term policy is to be a carbon-neutral state. If there are companies in Germany able to meet any strict requirements for fracking, they will be free to explore.” The first exploration works after lifting the current ban are due after 2020.
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TRENDING Jan 13/15 SCOTLAND ESCAPES UK SHALE REGULATIONS
Gas gone wild
THE UK GOVERNMENT agreed to exclude Scotland from the so-called Infrastructure Bill that would allow easier underground access to potential shale gas acreage near residential areas. Following objections raised jointly by the Scottish government and the opposition Labour and Green parties, Scotland retained the current regulation restricting drilling near residential areas. Rather than amend the so-called Infrastructure Bill to transfer full powers over shale gas exploration to the Scottish Parliament ahead of the general election, as proposed by the Labour party, the UK coalition government chose to simply exclude Scotland from the impending legislation. “We’re glad the UK Government has finally taken this on board - especially as 99 percent of respondents to their own consultation also opposed the move,” said Tom Greatrex, a Scottish Labour MP. Later in the same moth, Sctoland went ahead and instituted a blanket ban on shale gas E&P (see p. 36).
PGNIG, Poland’s state-controlled oil and gas company discovered an estimated 1-1.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of tight gas on the Wronki concession, near the western Polish city of Poznań. The find is one of the first tight gas reservoirs found in Poland. Geological data verification, more accurate reservoir estimates and planning of further work will take several months, PGNi G said in a release. The company indicated, however, that tight gas deposits require larger expenditure throughout the exploration and appraisal phase due to their worse production parameters. Production of tight gas also involves additional technical operations. PGNiG’s Pniewy-4 well was drilled between April and June 2013 and fracked at the end of November 2014. Poland might have 153-200 bcm of recoverable tight gas. For comparison, Poland’s proven recoverable conventional natural gas resources equal 134 bcm, a rough equivalent of eight years of annual consumption.
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
PGNIG
Dec 9/14 POLAND’S PGNIG DISCOVERS TIGHT GAS
Not near my castle
Dec 19/15
Jan 1/15
Netherlands and Quebec impose fracking moratoriums
Lithuania’s LNG terminal starts operations
Dec 29/15 US natural gas prices fall below $3/mmBtu
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Feb 12/15 UK DOES U-TURN ON FRACKING RESTRICTIONS
DAVID ILIFF
JONATHAN MCINTOSH
TRENDING
Jan 30/15 CHEVRON GIVES UP ON EUROPEAN SHALES
Better to burn out than to fade away
The lord of the day
CHEVRON ABANDONED its shale exploration operations in Poland and Romania that were the US’ major last shale assets in Europe, the company announced during January and February. Chevron indicated that low oil prices undercut its Q4 2014 profits by 30 percent, as compared to the previous year and that the “opportunities here [in Poland] no longer compete favorably with other opportunities in Chevron’s global portfolio”. The announcement proved another one in a series, after Chevron’s withdrawal from shale gas exploration in Lithuania, as well as pull-out frm an agreement to explore the Oleska shale play in western Ukraine. Chevron’s decision made headlines as a potentially fatal blow to shale gas in Europe. Market observers say however that the potential of shale and other unconventionals in Europe remains, only its size is better suited to smaller oil and gas companies, not majors like Chevron.
THE HOUSE OF LORDS revoked the ban on horizontal drilling and fracking under national parks and other protected areas in a number of amendments to the infrastructure law. The amendments in question cancel out the earlier version of the law, passed in the House of Commons, which ruled out fracking in national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty, sites of special scientific interest and groundwater source protection zones. The new law also removed several administrative requirements, such as notifying residents on upcoming shale gas operations, keeping records of gas leaks other than methane and the need to prepare environmental impact assessments of the drilling sites, as reported by the Guardian. An estimated 45 percent of acreage shale gas companies could bid for in last year’s licensing round were at least half-covered by now overturned restrictions.
Feb 4/15
Jan 21/15 San Leon completes second well on its Bielsko-Biała concession
Russia no longer Ukraine’s chief gas supplier in January
Jan 23/15 BHP Billiton cuts US onshore shale oil rigs by 40%
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TRENDING Feb 27/15 LITHUANIA CONTRACTS CHENIERE FOR LNG SUPPLY
Ready. Set. Wait five years
LITHUANIA IS BECOMING a regional LNG hub, having secured a master trade agreement with US Cheniere Energy on February 27. The deal has Cheniere on contract to LNG to the Lithuanian LNG terminal from 2016 “This agreement is very important. The company is building the first US natural gas liquefaction and export terminal which will be operational late 2015, and will provide us access to the prolific US natural gas market”, said Dominykas Tuckus, general manager of Litgas, the state controlled operator of the Lithuanian LNG terminal. The expansion of import capacity goes hand in hand with increased capability of reselling in the Baltic region. Also in February, Litgas was granted permission to trade natural gas in Estonia by the Estonian Competition authority and secured transit through Latvia via an agreement with Latvian gas monopolist Latvijas Gaze. Litgas expects to send up to 30 million cubic meters of gas to Estonia by the end of 2015.
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT proposed a draft law that could end the current countrywide moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing. If signed into law, new regulations could allow shale gas exploration to start from 2019. Proposed rules would institute a six-person expert panel with power to greenlight exploration, including fracking, in wells up to 3,000 meters deep. Critics are challenging the expert panel’s impartiality, pointing out that half of the proposed experts had signed the Hanover Declaration, a statement of support for shale development in Germany. The proposal is also criticized as a step away from Germany’s policy of transition toward reliance on renewable energy, known as Energiewende. Currently, fracking is banned at depths of up to 3,000 meters, unless done for scientific purposes. This moratorium is scheduled to last until 2021 unless the current proposal enters into force, which is expected around 2019.
HOEGH LNG
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Feb 16/15 GERMANY TABLES NEW FRACKING RULES
Yankee on the way
Feb 25/15 Feb 12/15 E.ON seals deals to export LNG from U.S.
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EU reveals energy union package
Mar 3/15 Lane Energy to plug five wells in Poland
April 7/15 SHELL ACQUIRES BG GROUP FOR €65 BILLION
SHELL
MATTHEW HARTLEY
TRENDING
Mar 10/15 INEOS IN IGAS FARM-IN DEAL WORTH €40 MILLION
Switzerland, Scotland, shale
Gas gambler
INEOS, A SWISS-BASED chemicals group, signed a £30 million (€40 million) deal with IGas, UK’s biggest shale gas explorer by acreage, to acquire 50-60% stake in IGas’ seven licence areas in northwest England. The agreement marks the beginning of Ineos’ ambitious shale gas exploration campaign, during which the company plans to spend £138 million (EUR186 million) in the next few years. The licenses in question include land where drilling permission has already been granted, Chester and Ellesmere Port in Cheshire and a site next to the M6 motorway’s Thelwall Viaduct, west of Manchester. Ineos may spud up to 10 exploratory wells on the new acreage. Ineos will also acquire IGas’ entire stake in the shale licence around the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland, giving the Swiss firm full ownership of the site. Ineos already holds two shale licences in Scotland and has applied for more licenses as part of the UK’s 14th onshore licensing round.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL agreed to buy BG Group, former British Gas’ oil & gas exploration arm, for EUR65 billion. It is the single biggest oil & gas deal since Exxon’s 1998 acquisition of Mobil, and if its completion is not hampered by anti-trust laws, it will create a group of capitalization of nearly EUR278 billion. Shell expects BG Group’s assets to increase its oil & gas reserves by 25 percent and boost its hydrocarbon production capacity by 20 percent. Via BG Group’s takeover, Shell will also acquire Australian gas assets estimated at 690,000 barrels of oil (bbl) equivalent per day and the rights to the first sizable shipments of LNG from the US to overseas buyers, thanks to BG Group agreement with Cheniere Energy. The acquisition of the Australian assets is seen as a gamble on long-term growth of Asian LNG demand, currently at its lowest since 2011 at less than $7 (EUR6.2) per million British Thermal Units (mmBtu).
Mar 23/15
Apr 13/15
US tightens rules for fracking on public land
Gazprom’s price cut prompts Lithuania to mull re-exporting LNG
Mar 30/15 BNK relinquishes Bytów concession in Poland
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FRACKING IN THE UK
Relaxed Rules
The UK government did a U-turn on its own idea to restrict fracking from some 40 percent of potential shale acreage, thus avoiding a likely kiss of death for industry troubled with enough problems. NILIMA CHOUDHURY IN LONDON
AFTER THE ELECTIONS With regards to policy stability in the UK, however, Mr. Petrie says that there are elements that will not be known until after the general election, which is taking place in May. These details include within which groundwater protection zones and other protected areas fracking will be permitted, which would be ultimately decided by the Secretary of State for Energy, in consultation with the Environment Agency, by 31 July 2015 at the latest, so likely in a new political situation. 34 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
The three mainstream political parties, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour continue to promise to uphold the Infrastructure Act, although the differences in their approach could weigh in a lot in terms of how easy - or not - it will be to extract shale gas in the UK. The Conservative Party believes it can secure the UK’s energy supply through shale gas. In February, Mat-
JOHN MCSPORRAN
THE FIRST QUARTER of 2015 will be remembered for the UK finally giving the shale gas industry the bolster it needed to kick start it into action. The introduction of the Infrastructure Act and the Parliament’s rejection of an amendment to introduce a moratorium in England has been applauded by the industry. David Petrie, communications manager from IGas told the SGIG that what the government has delivered so far signifies that it has “recognised that domestic gas will form a key part of Britain’s energy mix for years to come.” “The Act also gives welcome clarity with respect to land access rights and trespass, and reinforces in law existing industry best practice and, as such, reinforced the UK’s high standard of regulation of our industry,” Mr. Petrie said.
thew Hancock, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, told the EEF manufacturers’ association that the Tories “will secure Britain’s energy supplies and start to unlock the shale wealth deep underground.” LABOUR’S CONDITIONS A Labour Party spokesperson told the SGIG that gas has a role to play in the UK’s future energy mix, but it will ensure
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“If we have gas for Britain, conventional, non-conventional - guess what? We can regulate better than the gas from abroad”
the right safeguards are in place before any shale gas extraction goes ahead. “We are clear that there should be no fracking until the environmental framework is fit for purpose, and that any shale gas development must go hand in hand with Carbon Capture and Storage and renewables projects,” said the spokesperson. “There must be a system of robust regulation and comprehensive inspection before any drilling to explore or extract unconventional gas is permitted. That is why we tabled an amendment to the Infrastructure Bill that would have prevented fracking under groundwater protection zones, or within protected areas such as national parks,” the spokesperson said. Labour’s conditions would make Environmental Impact Assessments mandatory at all sites, which would require residents to be notified on an individual basis of shale gas operations, and all fugitive emissions would have to be recorded, not just methane. In addition, Labour has promised to devolve powers over fracking to Wales, which could lead to the country placing a moratorium, as Scotland has already. In a similar vein to Labour, the Liberal Democrats intend to see the fracking industry heavily regulated, but see gas from shales as a means to bolster domestic economy and solve some wider geopolitical issues rife in today’s Europe. “The evidence says we need gas as we decarbonise. Do you want Putin’s gas, do you want Middle East gas, or do you want gas from Britain?” former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and Liberal Democrat MP, Ed Davey said in an interview with the Carbon Brief in January. “If we have gas for Britain, shale, conventional, non-conventional, onshore or offshore - guess what? We can
UK GOVERNMENT
Ed Davey, MP, Liberal Democrats
regulate it a lot better than the gas we’re going to get from abroad. So we can cut down on methane emissions and make sure health and safety and other environmental issues are dealt with more effectively,” Mr. Davey also said. ALIGNED SOMEWHAT This general alignment between the main political parties in the UK probably led to IGas’ announcement in March that it has signed a £30 million (€40 million) deal with INEOS, which will see the Swiss company acquire 50 percent in IGas’ working interest in the Midlands region of the UK. “We believe shale gas could revolutionize UK manufacturing and Ineos has the resources to make it happen, the skills to extract the gas safely and the vision to realise that everyone must share in the rewards for UK shale gas to be successfully developed,” Gary Haywood, chief executive of Ineos Upstream, said in a statement.
One of the most vocal of the minority parties UKIP is pro-fracking and has promised to introduce a “Community Improvement Levy”, earmarking money from the development of shale gas fields for lower council taxes or community projects within the local authority. On the opposite end of the spectrum there is the Green Party which wholly opposes fracking, listing it as incompatible with climate change policies forfeiting clean energy investment, bad for manufacturing and damaging to rural communities. Editor’s note: The UK election results were out hours before this issue of the SGIG went to press. In a surprise result, the Conservative Party won the election, securing 330 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons. The Tories thus have a clear majority. Labour came second with 232 seats, the Scottish National Party has 56 seats, Lib-Dems eight, while Ukip just one.
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TIGHT GAS
After shale, tight gas fuels imagination in Poland Poland might have one more shot at unlocking its unconventional hydrocarbon potential. The latest estimates claim that country’s recoverable tight gas reserves are likely bigger than its conventional resource. BY GABOR CHODKOWSKI-GYURICS
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THE GLACIAL pace of shale gas exploration in Poland in the past five years has successfully eroded most of the initial optimism regarding country’s potential for unconventional hydrocarbons. Prolonged technical and regulatory difficulties, underscored by high-profile foreign operators - ExxonMobil, 3Legs Resources and Chevron - giving up, prompted some to proclaim the industry a dead man walking. Despite having little in terms of success, the search for shale gas revealed there might be other opportunities for commercial exploitation - both conventional and not - right around the corner. In July 2014, John Buggenhagen, former Exploration Director of San Leon, returned to Poland with his new company, Palomar Natural Resources, to develop the Siekierki gas field, where tight gas reserves were found back in 2010. PGNiG, Poland’s state-controlled oil and gas company, also stumbled onto
over a billion cubic meters (bcm) of tight gas on its Wronki concession in December 2014. Both finds were considered isolated occurrences, with tight gas exploration remaining on the back burner for the foreseeable future. Yet, that might change in the light of Poland Geological Institute’s (PGI) most recent report, claiming that the country’s tight gas potential might exceed what currently can be extracted from conventional gas fields. The report, unveiled in March, identifies three major geological formations: Permian and Carboniferous sandstones in western Poland and a smaller Sambrian formation in the western part of the Baltic Basin. The fourth area, Zapadliska Karpackie, was recognized as having a potential, but was not covered by the research yet. Both tight gas finds to date - PGNiG’s Pniewy well and the joint Palomar-San Leon Trzek wellbore - are located on the edge of the Permian formation near Poznań (see map).
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“Everything indicates that we will be successful, but the success will be scaled to the Polish needs and it won’t happen overnight” Sławomir Brodziński, deputy environment minister
THE POTENTIAL The three prospective areas are estimated to hold between 1,528 and 1,995 bcm of gas, of which from 153 to 200 bcm should be recoverable, assuming a typical 10-percent recovery ratio achieved in tight gas markets abroad. For comparison, Poland’s proven recoverable conventional natural gas resources equal 134 bcm, a rough equivalent of eight years of annual consumption. Geological data for the survey was gathered from over 500 research and exploration wells drilled in recent years, including those spudded in search of other unconventional resources, of which about 30 yielded archive geologicalreservoir data. Tight gas was the first unconventional gas to be developed and today it accounts for 18% of overall natural gas production in the United States. It is found primarily in sandstone, and sometimes carbonate rock, formations of unusually low porosity. Tight gas production requires hydraulic fracturing, just like shale gas, but is generally considered to be easier technically. CHALLENGES “I do not want to inflate dreams, because it may turn out that we are not the second Kuwait or Qatar. Everything indicates that we will be successful, but the success will be scaled to the Polish needs and it won’t happen overnight,” Sławomir Brodziński, the deputy minister of the environment, told PAP. The wary pessimism is hardly surprising, considering how unrealistic the early hopes and expectations about Poland’s unconventional hydrocarbon development proved to be. It is hard to imagine that operators and investors, already disenchanted by unsuccessful pursuit of grossly overestimated hydrocarbon reserves, jumping at the opportunity to engage in an even cost-
lier exploration campaign. As is the case with other forms of unconventional hydrocarbons, tight gas exploration is a very costly undertaking, further exacerbated by the need to perform hydraulic fracturing on depths of up to 6,000 meters. By comparison, shale formations are no deeper than 4,500 meters. Poland’s tight gas exploration has a long way to go: only six wells of this kind have been drilled in the last five years.
development by Palomar, test flow of 56-85 thousand cubic meters per day was achieved. Tight gas exploration has been underway in several countries for decades, although it has only gained a significant share of total natural gas production in the US, at roughly 20 percent. Tight gas is also extracted in Germany, where it accounts for around 3 percent of total production, as well as in the Netherlands, and Russia.
TIGHT GAS ELDORADO?
RUSSIA
Gdańsk
LITHUANIA
Olsztyn Szczecin Bydgoszcz
Poznań
BELARUS
WARSAW Łódź
GERMANY
Lublin
Wrocław CZECH REPUBLIC
Katowice
Prospective areas
Rzeszów
Kraków
UKRAINE
SLOVAKIA
SOURCE: PGI
The three prospective areas are estimated to hold 1,528-1,995 bcm of tight gas, of
which 153-200 bcm “should be recoverable,” according to Polish Geological Institute
Still, those earliest exploration efforts did provide very promising finds. PGNiG’s Pniewy-4 well yielded enough gas to support an estimate of between 1 and 1.5 bcm of tight gas for the entire play. In the Siekierki gas field, currently under
It remains to be seen if PGNiG or Palomar will see a success in the coming months on their tight gas acreage that could reignite the hopes of Poland establishing a strong, unconventional hydrocarbon industry.
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SCOTLAND’S SHALE POLICY
The Report No One Read
Scotland pushed a blanket moratorium on fracking despite scientists crying foul that the government ignored its own report, which concluded that fracking’s impact is manageable BY WOJCIECH KOŚĆ
IT WAS A HOT WINTER in the otherwise cold and windy Scotland in 2014. Hardly did the hot political heads manage to cool down after the failed independence referendum, when another controversy struck. In January, the Scottish government imposed a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for shale gas, citing environmental and health concerns. The announcement disappointed the oil and gas industry in the UK. Not least because the international chemicals giant INEOS - which has a refinery in Grangemouth in central Scotland - announced in 2014 that it would like to tie the refinery’s future to domestic shale gas as raw fuel. To that end, the company has acquired licences for gas exploration nearby the refinery. POLITICS, NOT SCIENCE The moratorium comes on the back of Scotland’s government policy, which “strongly endorses the robust regulation of onshore drilling techniques associated with the extraction of shale gas, such as fracking.” “The Scottish Government approach is underpinned by the principle that the highest levels of environmental protection must be enforced,” read the government’s program document. The decision on the ban doesn’t hold 38 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
water in scientific terms, says Professor Paul Younger, Rankine Chair of engineering and Professor of energy engineering at the University of Glasgow. The reasoning behind the ban, he suggests, is purely political.
“The best way to assure the long term success of the Grangemouth site, one of Scotland’s largest manufacturing businesses, is to develop an indigenous shale gas resource” Richard Longden, INEOS “The very greatest disruption which a heavily-fracked well could ever do to the subsurface is miniscule in comparison to what coal mining routinely achieves,” Mr. Younger wrote in an article Fracking Furore is Typhoon in a Tea Cup that first
appeared on the dailybusinessgroup.co.uk website in February. There are, of course, environmental problems with shale gas operations, but they are small and limited to individual well pads, Mr. Younger claims. “These are problems such as spillages of fuel or fracking liquid, but they can easily be handled by existing regulations, such as requirement to doublebond fuel tanks. Then there’s vehicle traffic and the use of water, but that doesn’t concern most of Europe, maybe except a few south European countries,” Mr. Younger told the SGIG. Mr. Younger adds that claims that aquifers are particularly at risk is “utter nonsense”. “Not just because fracking up into such aquifers would destroy the productivity of wells rather than pollute the freshwaters, but more fundamentally because such aquifers do not exist above the shale gas and coalbed methane-bearing strata of Scotland,” Mr. Younger wrote in his article. “The point is that existing regulations are enough to weed out any problematic shale gas projects,” he told the SGIG. Mr. Younger was on a team of several Scottish academics who the government asked to write a report on unconventional oil and gas in Scotland in 2014. The report’s conclusions with regard to environmental and health impacts
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of fracking are that “many of these social (and environmental) impacts can be mitigated if they are carefully considered at the planning application stage. Added to which, there are already considerable legislative safeguards to ensure such impacts are not realised.” “The government chose to ignore the report and went to lengths to diminish its outreach,” Mr. Younger said. SHORT FUTURE Scotland’s moratorium goes against INEOS’ plans and puts a question mark over mid-term future of the Grangemouth plant, says INEOS spokesman Richard Longden. “Grangemouth has 15+ years of assured gas supply from the US starting in 2016 which assures the site’s future in the medium term. Predicting what happens beyond this is more difficult,” Mr. Longden told the SGIG. The American gas comes from the US shale plays, under contracts INEOS signed in 2012 with Range Resources - Appalachia and Sunoco. The US shale gas will be transmitted via the Mariner East pipeline to Marcus Hook terminal in Pennsylvania, where it will be separated by fractionation and held in storage ready for shipment to Europe. But Grangemouth needs to look at an operational time horizon longer
than 15 years, Mr. Longden said. “The best way to assure the long term success of the Grangemouth site, one of Scotland’s largest manufacturing businesses, is to develop an indigenous shale gas resource,” Mr. Longden said. If Scotland can’t get its own shale gas act together, says Mr. Longden, then one can hardly expect that a solution will come from elsewhere. This could lead to a situation in which Scotland’s oil and gas industry will face losing jobs as North Sea production goes into a sharp downturn, yet there will be no alternative to re-employ oilmen. Such an alternative is unconventional oil and gas, Mr. Younger says. Mr. Younger adds, however, that the government’s ignoring of the report that he co-authored was a result of the stigma surrounding unconventional oil and gas exploration in the UK thrown on the backdrop of Scotland’s uneasy relationship with England. “In the days following the [referendum] campaign, I and other scientists watched our social networks degenerate into uninformed anti-fracking lobbies, fuelled by the feeling that fracking could be (mis)construed as a case of incipient English imposition onto Scotland,” Mr. Younger recalled. The Scottish government’s minister of business, energy and tourism Fergus
COUNTRY FACTS
16 mln
Gas production (toe)
421 tcm
Shale oil in-place (low est.)
1.4 tcm
Shale gas in-place (low est.)
€26bln Scottish O&G sector, 2012 (13% of GDP)
• Oil and gas production outlook by 2019: stable at 196,000toe/day • Oil and gas capex: 2013-2014: £15.3bln/€20,7bln 2018-2019 (forecast): £9.4bln/€12,7bln SOURCE: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT, DECC
Ewing did not return SGIG’s repeated requests for comment. With Scottish moratorium appearing to stand, unconventional oil and gas could get a go-ahead in England instead. Politics are also nearly certain to interfere, however, with UK’s general election taking place in May.
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GEOLOGY
Still Worth It After
All These Years With over 70 wells drilled and several fracked, it’s high time to ask questions: do operators know how to adjust exploration to the qualities of the Polish shale? The SGIG speaks to Paweł Poprawa, the geologist who has been following closely the development of unconventionals. INTERVIEW BY WOJCIECH KOŚĆ AND PIOTR WDOWIŃSKI
What did we know about shale rock in Poland five years ago, when the frenzy was just beginning? We need to go back to early 2010. Back then, our knowledge about unconventional oil and gas in Poland relied on materials obtained during previous 50 years as an aside to research that simply focussed on mapping Poland’s geology. But even this very limited material provided grounds to claim that there is a formation in Poland that might be like one of the US shale plays undergoing fast commercialization at the time. That said, even our old knowledge about the key parameter, total organic content (TOC), indicated that Poland’s oil and gas bearing shale formations could only be compared to weakest shale plays in the US. If we could only compare our shales to weakest US plays, why was there such hype? Three events triggered the Polish shale gas fever. First, the report that the US Energy Information Agency commissioned from Advanced Resources, which assessed the Polish shale gas reserves at capable of producing 150 billion cubic meters of gas a year, the 40 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
amount that Gazprom sells to Europe each year. That stirred imagination. Second, the entry into Poland of Exxon Mobil, which, like many other firms at the time, was looking outside of the US to see if the American shale gas story could happen elsewhere. Exxon Mobil is the biggest oil and gas company in the world and once they were granted concessions in Poland, the entire oil and gas industry took notice. Finally, Poland’s shale gas belt was not covered by the concession regime, because it remained out of focus for Poland as not promising. So concessions were granted free-hand. With Exxon Mobil in, everybody else also felt that they needed to go in and a domino effect ensued. Still, ExxonMobil and other companies had only that old geological data, which wasn’t promising. Why did they move in in the first place? The foreign players did not trust old data much, not least because it came from a country without big experience in oil and gas exploration and production. Most of the data available five years ago was obtained during the Communist era in a very different work
culture. The methodology was also dated by today’s standards. Around half of important criteria that the industry was looking for could come from old data sets. The other half would only become available based on new wells. The industry was also keen to probe Polish shales for one thing that the data showed clearly. It was that the overall thickness of Polish shale formations is one of the biggest in Europe, coming in at between 1,000-3,000 meters. Today, several companies are gone because well results were not encouraging. Are they pulling out for a good reason? I think that today’s pessimism about shale gas in Poland betrays a similar herd mentality like the early frenzy did and is just as overblown. We have now fresh technical knowledge based on data obtained from new wells. But it’s not yet the scale that shale gas industry needs. Out of 70 or so wells drilled to date, around a dozen have been horizontal wells that were fracked and it’s only results from those wells that can give you clues about potential of shale gas in Poland. If you take out half of them that experienced serious problems, because companies were learning
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“The industry is on a learning curve and it shouldn’t give up. Forget about 150 bcm a year and consider 5 bcm a year. It’s still worth it” Paweł Poprawa, Energy Studies Institute
So what do those results say in terms of commercial terms? With those few results, we can map early commercial potential of the Polish shales, based on obtained gas flows. They’re not commercial flows - yet, in my opinion. You are looking for initial production of a shale gas well of 80,000 cubic meters a day. If you get that, you’re close to a commercially viable well. In the case of the best well so far, the Lane Energy/ConocoPhillips Lublewo well, we’re at around 14,00015,000 cubic meters a day plus some barrels of oil. But that is normal in every new basin. It would take an incredible luck to hit commercial gas flows right at the beginning. Each company coming to Poland must have assumed that it was going to take 20-50 wells before they could take a legitimate decision to pull out. But they’re pulling out after a few, so it’s something else that’s driving these decisions in my opinion. What is it? Oil and gas industry is such that companies tend to carry out projects that fit their scale, so the biggest companies will only do biggest projects, and so on. Once the biggest players found out that the Polish shale project is unlikely to be on the scale of 150 bcm a year, they shifted elsewhere, where they can carry out projects on a sufficient scale for them. That’s understandable. But medium and small companies know very well that few wells just doesn’t provide enough data. Nonetheless they’re pulling out as well and that’s because of the regulatory environment, and all the incompetent ideas - on fiscal regime, for example - that created atmosphere of instability and a convic-
tion that Poland was trying to push foreign players out of the shale business to keep it for domestic companies only. What did the companies find out about Polish shale formations by now and how they need to adapt to max out their potential? Two geological challenges need to be overcome. West of Gdańsk, there are very interesting geological conditions with one particular challenge. There are two potentially gas bearing strata
that according to new data, we were mistaken so as to where the gas, oil, and liquids windows are located. The gas window is more to the West than we thought, while the condensate and light oil (liquids) window is much bigger. The result is that wells designed for the gas window were in the liquids window instead. Companies need to adjust to that and test different frack designs - of course, the problem is that each design will cost PLN 50 million (€12.4 million).
there. The thickness of each - some 15-20 meters - is too small to offer a chance of commercial gas flow. These two strata are separated by some 10 meters of marlstone that does not easily give in to fracking. In order to maximize the potential of shale formations that the marlstone separates, you need to frack them at once, meaning you need to design your frack so that it works in marlstone as well. The other challenge is broader. It’s
What’s the outlook for the Polish shale gas now? Each properly fracked horizontal well in Poland has yielded better results. Far from commercial flows, but consistently better with each new frack. That means the industry is on a learning curve and it shouldn’t give up. Forget about 150 bcm a year and consider 5 bcm a year. Having that on the market, it would be enough to eliminate Gazprom as supplier. That is still worth going after.
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how to frack in Poland, you end up with only a few wells with valid results.
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GT’s seismic solutions for shale Operators at work in the UK face a hostile opposition, which is motivating the industry to minimize the impacts of their exploration programs.
Seismic acquisition poses a particular challenge: the presence of large, sometimes noisy equipment can be intimidating to local residents. Although the actual surface impacts of seismic are quite limited, operators in urban environments are keen to go small, and go quiet. GT can help operators achieve this goal. Operating internationally for more than 30 years, GT has a proven track-record in a wide range of working environments. In urban settings, the application of a variety of vibrators including minivibes in conjunction with wireless data acquisition systems helps to minimize the footprint of seismic surveys. In general, vibrator sweep settings can be adopted to every particular restriction posed by the operating environment so they do not leave any footprint. Having in the fleet minivibes means that the seismic operations attract less attention from locals who may regard these machines as no more bothersome than a local delivery truck.
EXPLORE BETTER Over the last five years in Europe, GT has been a pioneer of seismic acquisi-
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tion for shale gas projects. Working with operators such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips, GT has helped operators to grow their knowledge of the shale formation, including its structural characteristics, azimuthal anisotropy, fracture characterization, stress estimation and geomechanical properties. Along the way, GT helped to refine a dedicated software package called “Shale gas seismic data processing software” based on Earth Study 360™ as well as other proprietary software and advanced seismic interpretation. GT has a blend of expertise in its inhouse interdisciplinary teams who can deliver expertise in a number of fields, not just shale exploration. One of the challenges of seismic acquisition programs for shale formations is the wealth of misinformation available on the internet. Some locals, for instance, erroneously believe that seismic acquisition will impact their drinking water. That’s why GT produces informational material customized for the local population, and uses permitting agents who speak the local language and can reassure citizens that their farms, fields and businesses are safe.
FA S T FAC T S SHALE GAS: Projects: 25 3D: 1500 sq km 2D: 5000 km Clients: ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Lane Energy, BNK, PGNiG, Cuadrilla SERVICES: • Onshore Seismic incl. Transition Zone • Multi-line 2D Seismic Surveys • Large-scale 3D Seismic Campaigns • Multicomponent (3C) Seismic • High-Resolution Seismic Studies • Seismic Data Processing and Interpretation SCOPE: • Survey Design & Pre-Planning • Pre-Permitting & Permitting • GIS & Surveying • Data Acquisition • Quality Control & In-field Processing
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GT produces informational material customized for the local population, and uses permitting agents who speak the local language.
UNCONVENTIONAL KNOWLEDGE Exploration for shale gas in Europe is new: there are yet no basins producing commercial quantities of oil and gas. That’s why it’s helpful to select a seismic services contractor who is experienced in shale. For instance, does an operator have to use a different geophysical approach in unconventional oil and gas basins? Are there dedicated geophysical methods to explore for unconventionals? Can operators use existing processing and interpretation tools? What geophysical methods can be applied to image the features that are crucial to plan a drilling campaign? After years of unconventional oil and gas surveys for oil and gas explorers, GT can differentiate between conventional and unconventional approaches. We know a conventional approach will fail to meet crucial criteria and could derail an otherwise successful exploration program. GT’s seismic crews have come across the earth’s true wonders. No matter whether it’s a national symbol - like the pristine English countryside - or a small town in Germany cherished by locals, GT keeps its impact to a minimum. marketing@GTServices.pl
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In the same old place There was a hot debate about the place of natural gas in the EU’s energy union. The union’s idea is there, but with gas pretty much exactly in the same place where it used to be. Or worse. BY NICHOL AS NE WMAN IN LONDON
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THE IMPORTANCE OF gas in the energy mix of the European Union rose from 18 percent in 1990 to 24 percent in 2012, due in part to a switch in the power generation from coal to gas. That could pass as a solid enough argument for the EU member states to get their act together and institute uniform rules for gas, such as common purchasing of the resource by member states as a group. That is yet to happen, however. Between 1990 and 2014, total primary energy consumption in the EU rose merely one percent from 1,569 million tonnes of oil equivalent (mtoe) to 1,585 mtoe, according to Eurostat data released in 2014. Starting in 2010, a fall in gas consumption across the EU (and also in Switzerland) was evident, as consumption tumbled from the equivalent of 522 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2010 to just 420 bcm in 2014, according to data from Energy Aspects, a Londonbased consultancy.
CRAIG SUNTER
ENERGY UNION
Professor Jonathan Stern from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies’ Natural Gas Research Programme attributes this fall of over 100 bcm to “relatively high gas prices compared to prices of imported coal, low CO2 prices, flat power demand and growing penetration of renewables” (see also p. 20). FROM BASE TO PEAK The progressive relocation of energy intensive industries outside of the EU, energy efficiency measures and the explosion of renewables in Europe’s electricity generation not only hit the economics of gas-fired power generation but marginalized gas as source of baseload power to peak-load only. This reduced yearly operating hours as well as demand, according to the European Energy Agency’s report on primary energy consumption by fuel, published in January. Coal has been hit, but the effect on gas was larger because of gas’ smaller penetration in the EU’s energy mix.
A UNION TOO FAR? Given the EU’s zeal to cut greenhouse gases emissions, one would think the bloc’s powers would agree, be it temporarily, that gas fulfills its role of bridge fuel between fossil fuels-based power generation and one based on renewables. But the EU itself has no powers to encourage gas exploration. It only has established a common policy framework to ensure fair competition on the market. The licensing rules for oil and gas are set out in the EU’s directive on prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons. The granting of licenses remains a national prerogative. This underlies the different national approaches and attitudes towards shale gas exploration, as evidenced by, for example, the governments of Britain and Poland that strongly support shale gas exploration. In contrast, the governments like in France or Scotland have instituted moratoriums on fracking for the foreseeable future. With such different approaches, the prospect of a single energy union, of which natural gas was originally thought to be one of major components, remains distant. This has industry’s representatives lobbying even more for a bigger inclusion of gas in the EU’s energy landscape. “Europe should back exploration and production of oil and gas, both domestically and across neighbouring regions if it wants a successful energy union,” said Roland Festor, EU Affairs Director at the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers.
MIXED BAG OF POLICIES Some policies that will likely further reduce demand for gas and its consumption in the EU are under way. Implementing European Commission proposals to achieve a 40 percent greenhouse gas reduction, a 30 percent energy efficiency improvement and a 27 percent renewable energy target will lead to further reductions in gas consumption and imports, as they will reinforce the squeeze on the gas sector. Maroš Šefčovič, a vice-president of the European Commission in charge of energy policy said in February that the EU, despite having energy rules set at the European level, still has to deal with 28 national regulatory frameworks,
to overcome cross-border capacity issues, with the European Commission and ENTSO-E (European National Transmission System Operators) backing new interconnector grid capacity and management projects to overcome grid congestions and improve market efficiencies. This might enable gas to become more competitive with rival fuels. There are also lobbying efforts in the European Union, to forbid national governments limiting subsidies for renewables to domestic producers only. For instance, it is not possible for a wind farm operator in Ireland to take advantage of the renewable subsidy regime in Britain in the absence of bilateral treaties.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
European utilities shut more coal and natural gas power plants in 2014 than in any year since at least 2009 amid falling demand for electricity and tougher pollution curbs, Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s analysis showed in February.
POLICY
Recent years have seen gas marginalized from the source of base-load power to peak-load only
Maroš Šefčovič: national energy regulatory frameworks cannot continue
which, he added, “cannot continue”. But his quest for a uniform EU-wide standard set of rules is likely to be opposed by some central European states, as well as German energy companies with longterm supply contracts with Gazprom. ENTSO-E HO! Among few positives, work is under way
If such market discrimination were ended, it would mean solar and wind power projects would no longer be located where the subsidies are highest but where natural conditions are best. This would further restructure the European power market, increasing the opportunities for standby gas power generation. But that is in no way assured.
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ORLEN Upstream and Tenaris find solutions for shale well in Poland The Polish oil and gas company ORLEN Upstream drilled a challenging horizontal well with TenarisHydril Wedge 563™ premium connections and Tenaris technical and field services. BY TENARIS
A PROMISING LAND Oil and gas companies have been actively exploring the contact zone between the East European Craton and the west of the European Platform since the 1970s. The vast majority of the operations led in this area have so far involved conventional wells. Today the target has changed. Hydrocarbon exploration is focused on finding unconventional reservoirs that can be economically viable. The operating company ORLEN Upstream, a subsidiary of PKN ORLEN, the largest crude oil refining company in Poland, is exploring complex Lublin Basin assets that extend under Poland and Ukraine. The operator had drilled several vertical wells and two horizontal ones before taking the challenge on drilling Stoczek-OU1K horizontal well. The aim of this new project was to explore the gas accumulation and producing capability in the Lower Silurian and Ordovician shale deposits. ORLEN Upstream chose TenarisHydril Wedge 563™ connections along with Tenaris technical and field services for this operation. As a result, the operator managed to overcome the many challenges posed by this well and reached the target depth.
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CHALLENGES PAVING NEW ROADS Poland is recognized for its potential in terms of shale gas. Therefore, the country has been working to improve the availability of instruments and equipment, as
well as human expertise, to develop the necessary infrastructure. Drilling wells costs three times more in Poland than in the United States, making connection performance essential. The Stoczek-OU1K well is one of a few
EXPERT’S CORNER
ORLEN Upstream’s drilling of the Stoczek-OU1K well was a great success. The TenarisHydril Wedge 563™ connection facilitated a smooth operation
shale horizontal wells drilled in Poland so far. As in every exploratory well, many conditions were unknown. This situation called for special product requirements. Superior compression efficiency, torque capability and fatigue resistance were a must for the production casing string that, in order to be installed in the horizontal section, had to be pushed and rotated several times to overcome frictional forces and thus reach the target depth. SOLUTIONS HIGH TORQUE RESISTANCE AND COMPRESSION EFFICIENCY For the challenging Stoczek-OU1K well, ORLEN Upstream chose 5 ½” 26.80ppf Q125 with TenarisHydril Wedge 563™ for the production casing string. This technology is best-suited for applications that require extreme torque resistance. This connection offers field-proven performance and is easy to handle and run. In addition, the Wedge 563™ ensures 100% ratings in tension and compression. For this operation, the TenarisHydril Wedge 563™ premium connection came with the Recess Free Bore (RFB) option to facilitate the undisturbed flow in the well during the fracturing process. To reduce the frictional forces, which occur while running the string into the lateral part of the well, the coupling with special bevel was utilized. FULL SUPPORT ORLEN Upstream together with Tenaris
P RO J E C T P RO F I L E Operator
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Stoczek-OU1K
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technical sales and field services teams worked side-by-side to ensure the success of the operation. Tenaris supports Poland from its established presence in Romania and Italy. In Romania, Tenaris has its commercial office in Bucharest, its seamless tubes mill in Zalau and the service center in Ploiesti. In Italy, presence consists of seamless mills in Dalmine, Costa Volpino, Piobino and Arcore, as well as R&D facilities and two services centers. RESULTS A CONNECTION TO RELY ON ORLEN Upstream’s drilling of the Stoczek-OU1K well was a great success. The TenarisHydril Wedge 563™ connection facilitated a smooth operation. It presented zero re-makeups and rejects due to product-related matters. Final survey data of the well was taken at the depth of 4307m MD and 2953 m TVD with final inclination 91.5°, with max. recorded DLS of 8.56°/100ft. During the five days long running operation, mud-logging unit recorded a torque peak of almost 25,000 ft-lb, a
maximum rotational speed of 90 RPM and a maximum weight on string of 29,000 lbf. ORLEN Upstream pressuretested Stoczek- OU1K well later on with satisfactory results. SERVICES THAT ADD VALUE The expertise of Tenaris technical sales team supported ORLEN Upstream in finding the best solution to overcome the challenges posed by the StoczekOU1K well. The field service specialist was present on the site to share knowledge and experience, providing useful advice whenever the customer required. ORLEN Upstream was satisfied with the connection performance. The operator also acknowledged that TenarisHydril Wedge 563™ connections were instrumental to reach the target depth. Tenaris experts will use the data gathered in the field to develop a Torque, Drag & Fatigue analysis. The results will improve the understanding of the field conditions during the drilling and running phases, an information that will be useful when drilling other wells in the future.
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FRACKING IN GERMANY
New Rules not What They Seem The talk about lifting the moratorium on shale fracking in Germany is premature at best, because institutions involved in writing rules for the technology appear to be bent on not allowing its use at all. BY WOJCIECH KOŚĆ
IN THE DESERT that the European too strict for companies to consider shale gas sector is, anything can pass getting involved. a step forward. A fresh example is “The framework will be very strict so Germany, where a proposal to regulate as to eliminate any impact on water, soil the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and climate,” Maria Krautzberger, the gained attention as seemingly paving the president of Germany’s federal environway toward shale gas exploration and ment agency UBA, told the SGIG. production. “It might be that these new strict rules In a draft law tabled in December will render shale gas exploration eco2014, Germany proposed permitting nomically unfeasible. There are compafracking operations at depth of up to nies in Germany, however, that claim 3000 meters for research purposes. A they are able to meet any strict requiresix-person independent expert commis- ments for fracking and if they can, they sion would evaluate these operations will be free to explore for shale gas,” Ms. and, starting in June 2018, prepare an Krautzberger added. COUNTRY FACTS annual report about them. She also says that the use of fracking Following test operations and report- isn’t limited to shale gas. “We don’t want • Scottish oil and gas GDP (2012) ing, it will be up to authorities to permit to ban the technology as such. Fracking GBP19bln (13% of GDP) fracking for commercial purposes. could be used in geothermal, for ex• Oil and gas production outlook by 2019: ample,” Ms. Krautzberger said. The publication of the draft was welstable at 196,000toe/day comed by Shale Gas• Europe, a lobby Oil and gas capex: group based in Brussels. But lobbyists 2013-2014: £15.3blnDECARBONIZED are aware that the draft2018-2019 comes in a(forecast): po- UBA says gas is unlikely to gain impor£9.4bln litical context that allowed to ban frack- tance in Germany’s energy mix. The ing only a couple years ago. country has a goal to nearly eliminate “We’re aware that the proposal may greenhouse gases emissions by 2050. undergo thorough changes before it’s Shale Gas Europe has a different view. Aberdeen is seeing a significant rise in officially tabled,” Sophia Lyscom of Shale “Germany Gas Europe told the SGIG. The group energy imports. In 2013 it imported 63% expects that the German parliament will of its energy from abroad, an increase of start debating the draft by July 2015. Gas production 2% on 2012. (toe) Its energy dependency is It’s not clear if regulations aim at mak- at its highest in 20 years and 10% higher ing fracking safe or making the rules than the EU average,” the group said in
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421 tcm Gas production (toe)
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1.4tcm
February. “[The German government] needs to find alternative sources of domestic production,” the group also said. Professor Dietrich Borchardt from department of aquatic ecosystems at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, still believes the discussion will turn out in favour of unconventional gas. “The transition to renewables will [take] decades, with natural gas playing a key role. The legal frameworks under current discussion would allow for a careful development in controlled steps,” Mr. Borchardt told the SGIG. COUNTRY FACTS
23% 21% 16 Wells drilled
Percentage of gas in primary energy mix 2014 Percentage of gas in primary energy mix 2050
151 Concessions awarded
0.7-2.3 tcm Estimate gas resources
SOURCE: CLEANTECH, GERMAN GOVERNMENT
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P O L I S H O I L & G A S C O M PA N Y
Shale Fail
The legislative package pertaining to shale gas exploration and production has been trumpeted as the necessary groundwork for shale gas E&P to get under way in Poland. The problem is, Poland’s NOC considers the package a stumbling block to its business. BY WOJCIECH KOŚĆ
IT USED TO be simple. Poland’s oil and gas industry was pretty much a state-run affair, with state-controlled Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) at the helm of domestic efforts to explore, produce and sell gas. A slew of new regulations (see table p. 49) covering concessions, royalty rates, and taxation of hydrocarbons’ E&P that is, or will soon be, in force has changed PGNiG’s position - much to the company’s dislike, market sources claim. PGNiG’s biggest grievances concern new taxation rules that impose a special hydrocarbon tax, known as SHT, and a another, new, tax based on the value of extracted resources. “The government take is too big and on its back there come new higher royalty rates,” a source with knowledge of the company told the SGIG. While SHT is paid depending on the ratio of revenue to qualified costs, the extraction tax is paid regardless of profitability, which works against the company, the source also said. This is backed by a PGNiG analysis that the company circulated among members of the parliament showed during the debate on the taxation rules late in 2014. Earlier on, the company was spared special taxes and the royalties were smaller, as there were no other companies to pay them. If the company posted a profit, the Treasury, which is 50 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
the key stakeholder at over 72 percent, was in position to press its management to pay out dividend to the state coffers. The Treasury can still do this, but extra levies are being imposed along the way, PGNiG complains. Perhaps a company that posted a turnover of PLN 34 billion (EUR8.5 billion) and grew its net profit 47 percent to PLN 2.8 billion (EUR698 million) in 2014, could handle new taxation rules. But, according to people with knowledge of the market, these higher taxes and royal-
“[PGNiG’s] small gas fields are facing the risk of becoming unprofitable with the new government take and royalties,” Market source ties are also threatening a number of smaller gas fields that PGNiG has been tapping for gas. “These small fields are facing the risk of becoming unprofitable with the new government take and royalties,” the source said. The other new regulation that PGNiG
frowns upon is the new geology and mining law that regulates handling of geological data and established a new regime for granting concessions. The law ends granting of concessions free hand, making each company that wants to explore apply for a concession in tender procedure. This is a slowdown for PGNiG that has amassed considerable knowledge about the Polish geology but – in case it sets its eyes on a concession area – will have to wait for the ministry to announce a tender for it. The new geology and mining law, PGNiG charges, also imposes a lot more reporting of geological data to the State Geological Institute. Finally, the law now orders for any exploration project to last a maximum of five years, while it was not determined under previously binding regulations. Perhaps the biggest issue that PGNiG has with the new regulations is that they no longer fit the context. Since 2011, when the discussion on the first changes of the law were getting under way as Poland was gripped with shale gas fever, shale gas has slipped down the company’s priorities list, which now includes more timely undertakings like positioning the company in the process of gas market liberalisation in Poland, handling of the LNG contract for the upcoming terminal in Świnoujście, plans of foreign acquisitions, and building gas-fired power plants.
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POLAND’S SHALE
Everyone Agrees on One Thing Poland will have elections this fall, so we asked the main parties if Poland still needs shale gas. All say yes, Poland needs to develop shale gas, although this might be convenient campaign talk, as most voters say yes as well. BY WOJCIECH KOŚĆ
commission on energy and energy resources, says that under no condition will Polish shale gas disappear from the agenda. “It’s still one of the important directions of development in the Polish energy policy,” he told the SGIG. Poland’s energy policy does mention unconventional gas as one of possible alternative scenarios, in which Poland’s energy mix is remodeled once and if “large amounts of gas from unconven-
NOT A WRITE OFF? Andrzej Czerwiński, an MP of the coruling party Citizens’ Platform (PO) and member of the parliamentary
tional sources” are found. It’s more rational, says Mr. Czerwiński, to expect that this will take longer than assumed by the Prime Minister in 2011.
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“Everyone only remembers the hype of 2011 but there was no shortage of opinions back then to cool down and consider that it will take minimum three years to confirm there’s shale gas in Poland at all. And another 10 to 15 years to move from appraisal of the resource to production on commercial scale,” Mr. Czerwiński said. Another year and a half and a lot more will be known, Mr. Czerwiński
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FROM THE VAST body of memorable quotes generated during the early days of Polish shale euphoria, one stands out. In 2011, shortly before the general election that made Donald Tusk the first Polish Prime Minister to win a second term in office, Mr. Tusk said that commercial production of shale gas in Poland would happen in 2014, with revenue from it channelled to improve Poles’ pensions. Today, with another general election coming in the fall, Mr. Tusk’s quote can serve as a point to illustrate that the complexity of getting the shale gas industry off the ground was totally lost on Polish politicians. With macro-economic factors at play, it’s going to be even more difficult than it was in 2011 to get shale gas flowing. The oil price is falling, as is the demand for gas in Europe, both of which are likely to slow the rate of exploration. It’s very clear that the slow tempo of exploration, poor results from the odd few wells that were fracked, and the price of oil falling globally, have taken away whatever enthusiasm there was about the Polish shale gas. However, its an election year, so politicians are not quite willing to write shale gas off the agenda just yet.
adds. “Exploration continues, the legislation is finally there. There are no shortcuts in this business,” he said. The legislation Mr. Czerwiński refers
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“The ruling party has nothing but ruined Poland’s shale gas opportunity” Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, MP, Law and Justice
to is a package of laws that will be finalized by June 2015, which entails a special law on hydrocarbon exploration and production and another law, aiming to simplify and accelerate administrative procedures. New taxation rules are also in place (see box). WASTED TIME According to Mariusz Orion Jędrysek, an MP for Law and Justice (PiS), the largest opposition party and the only party capable of winning the elections, PO has woken up to the shale opportunity much too late. “The ruling party has nothing but ruined Poland’s shale gas opportunity,” Mr. Jędrysek told the SGIG. Mr. Jędrysek suggests that once and if PiS seizes power in Poland, the party will start from scratch and create a wholly new setting for exploration. “I think that Poland has 1.9 trillion cubic meters (tcm) of shale gas, but the government has wasted an opportunity to attract foreign capital to help find it and produce it. Today, when a lot of this capital is gone, it will be very tricky to bring it back. So, first of all, Poland has to create a favourable investment climate,” Mr. Jędrysek said. The estimate that Mr. Jędrysek provides is, however, hardly in line with the 2012 estimate from the Polish Geological Institute. According to a former employee of PGI, who asked to remain anonymous, the unofficial figures for onshore shale gas in Poland is even smaller than what is officially communicated, coming in at about 250 billion cubic meters (bcm). NO STRATEGY, NO CREDIBILITY According to Jacek Najder, an MP for the small opposition party Twój Ruch, the fiasco of the Polish shale gas owes to a simple factor. “It’s not the geology, not the regulations, not the costs, but
2015 OIL & GAS LAWS
T H E N E W RU L E S Piece of legislation
Key points
Mining and Geological Law • obligatory tender for license areas • non-EU/EFTA/NATO investors extra checked if not compromising state security • wide scope of geological data must be submitted to the Polish Geological Survey • licenses cannot be freely traded • joint licensing available for JOA** parties • one license for oil & gas prospecting, exploration, production
Special Hydrocarbon Tax Act
Draft Special Hydrocarbon Act*
• royalty taxes due regardless of profits from production • taxation due from 2020 • three rates of SHT: 0%, 0,01-24,99%, 25% dependent on revenue/qualified costs ratio
• priority permitting for oil & gas investments • special deadlines for non-mining permits • strengthens operators’ position against landowners
• streamlines non-mining • exhaustive and permitting process precise catalogue of qualified costs • gives operators legal Upsides • different SHT rates instruments to prevent obstruction depending on profits • minimum tax rates, • tight permit deadlines • no open door procedures based on benchmark susceptible prices • JOAs heavily regulated, tobureaucratic tricks Downsides • high tax rates may with separate accounting • does not solve systemic • non-tax financial burdens limit profit from minor problems fields * Full name: Draft Act on the Rules of Investment in Prospecting, Exploration, Production and Transport of Hydrocarbons SOURCE: CLEANTECH ** Joint Operating Agreement
lack of a coordinated state strategy,” Mr. Najder told the SGIG. “Shale gas exploration companies were pretty much left to themselves, with the government hoping that they may just happen to find shale gas. That’s not how you create and shape energy policy,” Mr. Najder said. Mr. Jędrysek charges that the government’s actions have stripped Poland of credibility of an attractive country for investment in exploration of unconventionals. “The investment risk is too high and manifest on too many levels, whereas in the US the only risk is geological risk,” Mr. Jędrysek said. The ministry of environment dismisses opposition MPs’ charges entirely. “There are new companies on the market, like Stena, while others continue exploration. Well results were not
the only factor behind some recent withdrawals from Poland,” Katarzyna Pliszczyńska, spokeswoman for the ministry of environment, told the SGIG. “Chevron’s decision [to quit exploration in Poland] is seldom paired with the fact that the company withdrew from several European markets, not just Poland,” she added. Ms. Pliszczyńska maintains that even if shale gas exploration confirms reserves at the low end of the 2012 estimate of the PGI - some 350 bcm - it will still cover decades of demand. “That’s why it’s still a future direction for the Polish energy sector. Whether the estimates are confirmed and whether the companies will decide to start production will be determined by the effects of work to adjust the fracking technology to the Polish geology,” Ms. Pliszczyńska said.
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PEOPLE AGAINST FRACKING
UK & PL: How the Opposition Differs What environmental groups and grassroots activists say about fracking in Poland and the UK is a reflection of where both countries are on the decarbonization and environmental agenda. BY WOJCIECH KOŚĆ AND NILIMA CHOUDHURY IN LONDON
GRABBED BY HIS hand and pulled out of the conference crowd to be asked a few questions whether he’s after arguments to fuel an antifracking campaign in Poland, Wojciech Szymalski looks bemused. “Why did you think I would be doing that?” asked Mr. Szymalski, PhD, who is deputy director of the Institute for Sustainable Development in Warsaw. He says he has come to the November 2014 Terrapinn’s Shale Gas World - to learn about shale gas and what it could offer Poland in terms of transition away from current staple fuel coal. In Poland, where shale gas operators have drilled 70 wells to date and fracked a dozen, there is no immediate connection between an environmental sustainability agenda and opposition to shale gas exploration. This is very much unlike in the UK, says Professor Paul Stevens, distinguished fellow, energy, environment and resources at London’s Chatham House. “Poland has actually done exploration. Its effects are of course a differ54 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
ent matter, but the exploration is a fact. In the UK, the very gossip of a drilling rig on its way to a location has the opposition on red alert,” Mr. Stevens said. “How could you possibly carry out exploration when you typically need to call the police to set up operations?” Mr. Stevens asked. COUNTRYSIDE WATCH Indeed, the UK anti-fracking opposition is watching operators closely. Not only is it a widespread movement that is very well rooted in grassroots activism in local communities, but it is also well organized, not least because of skillful use of social media. A look at the UK’s opposition website frack-off.org.uk reveals that protesters have set up shop pretty much everywhere where oil and gas concessions are (see map). These groups are closely monitoring procedural stages that fracking companies need to go through before they receive all permits and are active parties to the process. “We are fighting to protect Ryedale’s
WATCHING YOU: ANTI-SHALE GROUPS
SOURCE: FRACK-OFF.ORG.UK
There is hardly any county in the UK
without a local group defying shale gas.
beautiful countryside and way of life,” is a typical mission statement. There are over 150 local anti-shale gas groups in England and Wales, according to information on the frack-off.org.uk, and about 20 in Scotland, where the local government has recently imposed a ban on the technology.
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The local England and Wales groups seek to repeat the Scotland scenario. They reject any of the pro-shale gas notions: that mass shale gas production will bring gas prices down, that fracking is safe if carried in line with environmental regulations, or that the UK needs gas to avoid power deficit in near future, underscored by mistrust in the government and genuine concerns about industrialization of the countryside. “The government aren’t stupid, are they? They’ll know more than us about the energy situation, and will be acting in the country’s best interest. I think we’d all like to believe that,” said Adela Pickles of the Frack Free Ryedale group, somewhat sarcastically. The group is campaigning against Third Energy’s exploration program at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire, the area over the Bowland shale, which is thought to hold 37,600 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas. “MPs are just people, and since they’ve surrounded themselves with oil industry lobbyists it wouldn’t be surprising if they got it wrong again,” Ms. Pickles said, referring to the UK’s government blunders, like the one on the war on Iraq in 2003.
FEW AND FAR BETWEEN For contrast, Polish grassroots opposition to drilling and fracking is literally few and far between one another. In 2013, covering opposition to shale gas in Poland, the SGIG needed to travel to one such group, camped in remote eastern Polish area on a Chevron’s concession, where no
“In the UK, the very gossip of a drilling rig on its way to a location has the opposition on red alert,” Paul Stevens, Chatham House drilling activity was taking place, because nowhere could protesters be spotted on actual drilling sites. On the other hand, in the northern region of Kashubia - a beautiful hilly area and renowned tourist destination - BNK Petroleum’s well pad operated
uninterrupted for weeks. So have 70 other well pads across the Poland’s shale gas exploration belt that is stretching from the Baltic Sea to near the border with Ukraine. NO BRIDGE Above the local activism aimed against shale gas exploration in the UK, there also is professional campaigning rolled out by the big fishes of environmentalism that tend to describe fracking - a relative novelty in Europe - is in fact a relic of dated approach to how humans source energy. Organizations like Friends of the Earth UK or the UK unit of Greenpeace put the need to mitigate climate change as reason number 1 to influence policy makers and the general public’s attitudes to shale gas. “I believe that the principal reason for opposition to fracking in the UK stems from the global warming mitigation arguments rather than local environmental concerns – although these run a close second,” Mike Eames, former fracking activist, told the SGIG. Mr. Eames now works for WWF UK, but his organisation does not campaign against shale gas at the moment.
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WHAT DO THEY WANT? • Fracking should be at least very strictly regulated, but best banned •F racking should be very strictly regulated
WHY ARE THEY AGAINST? • Countryside protection • Mitigation of climate change • Localized environmental concerns •M itigation of climate change • Localized environmental concerns CAN FRACKING BE OK?
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• No. It should be banned.
• It could be ok as long as strictly regulated • It’s acceptable as interim fuel before switch to renewables
WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? • Widespread, very active on the ground • Keep UK shale gas industry pretty much in check
• Warsaw groups set the tone • Have not engaged communities much OUTLOOK • Force to be reckoned with • To ignore protesters will ultimately backfire at theindustry • Small overlap with industry’s view of shale gas • Exploration to go on unless other factors interfere
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“We already have more fossil fuels than we can afford to burn if we want to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, so what’s the point of looking for more?” Friends of the Earth’s energy campaigner Tony Bosworth told the SGIG. Asked about the popular notion that gas - be it from shales or conventional resources - could be a “bridge fuel” to fill in between getting off coal and embracing renewables, Mr. Bosworth is skeptical. “Gas will continue to play a role in the UK’s energy mix over the next couple of decades, but we need to get off fossil fuels fast. We don’t need shale gas to get coal out of the UK’s power generation – by the time UK shale gas comes on stream in appreciable quantities, coal will be virtually off the system,” Mr. Bosworth said. IT’S A BRIDGE! With local movements virtually nonexistent, Polish offices of large environmental organizations have taken on a role of awareness campaigners
Shale gas could serve as transitional technology between coal-based energy sector and one relying on renewable energy Climate Coalition, Poland - much milder ones than their UK colleagues. This is stemming from the fact that coal in Poland is nowhere near getting “off the system”. The “bridge fuel” idea appears appealing at least to some green groups in recognition of the long - much longer than in the UK’s case - road to low carbon economy ahead of Poland. For example, Poland’s Climate Coalition, one of the leading voices in the debate on how Polish energy policy should respond to the chal-
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“Where fracking has taken place, thousands of people have shown their concerns and have objected. Strong public opposition has had an impact” Adela Pickles, Frack Free Ryedale lenge of climate change, considers shale gas exploration an option. Although guarded, the Climate Coalition’s position on shale gas reads that shale gas exploration “could serve as a transitional technology for the time needed to transform the coalbased energy sector to one relying on renewable energy.” This would take making it clear in the national energy strategy that power from coal will decrease in line with growing production of gas from shales, according to the Climate Coalition. That is, however, a remote possibility, with the government scenarios forecasting that coal will make even 60 percent of the Polish energy mix in 2050. It is at close to 90 percent now. For shale gas production to be accetpable, however, the Coalition calls for a number of safety and monitoring measures to be introduced, such as full disclosure of information on water use, thorough monitoring of soil and water resources in well pad areas, as well as clear regulations on responsobility in case of pollution Monitoring of methane leaks and greenhouse gases emissions as well as top-quality environmental impact assessment would also help shale gas cause in Poland, the group says. Finally, composition of fracking fluid would need to be transparent. The Polish unit of Greenpeace offers a similar approach: gas is acceptable as an interim fuel before the renewable revolution on condition that measures are taken to ensure fracking is safe, alongside real action to boost growth of energy from renewable sources. Before these measures make it to the Polish environmental regulations, shale gas is a no-go, says Katarzyna
Guzek, spokesman for Greenpeace’ Warsaw office. When asked for shale gas production’s environmental drawbacks, she offers the standard response. “Greenpeace are not supporters of shale gas production because it defers making power generation reliant on renewables, as well as hinders progress in energy efficiency,” Ms. Guzek said. “Neither does it contribute to cutting emissions of greenhouse gase,” she added. Finally, she goes on to say, fracking uses very large amounts of water, mixed with toxic additives. These reservations, while grounded - to an extent - in climate and environmental science are in fact pretty ritual, as close to five years of exploration have not yet yielded commercial results, offering little in terms of shale gas’ quick materialisation as an energy source for Poland. This is perhaps why the recent report from Poland’s General Directorate for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ), which concluded that drilling and fracking were safe, did not provoke any reaction from green groups. HOLD’EM ACCOUNTABLE Opposition to shale gas is very different in the UK and Poland. The UK opposition is widespread, well organized on the local level, playing the card of protection of England’s heritage countryside landscape. Professional organisations on top are giving the opposition a wider rationale referring to climate change. Poland’s is pretty much concentrated in Warsaw, with only individual pockets of resistance on the ground. While its anti-fracking agenda also refers to climate science
a lot, it is also taking account of Poland’s specific situation of coalpowered economy. Shale gas might be an interim option for Poland, they say, as long as the decision makers use it to narrow coal’s role in the energy mix. Opposition in both countries is however similar in that their stance is drawing attention to the importance of environmental practices of shale gas exploration. Hence extra measures that Cuadrilla Resources included in their planning application for some of their wells in England. Hence also the GDOŚ report on seven early Polish wells, including ones that were fracked, which observed no long term adverse effect on air or soil quality, and only short term localised problems with noise or air pollution. By coincidence, 2015 is a year of general election in Poland as well as in the UK. In both countries, parties differ in terms what they are planning for further development of the shale gas sector (with Polish politicians being more hawkish). Should shale gas effort gain momentum, with more wells drilled and fracked, it will be thanks to protest groups and professional campaigners that in all likelihood no corners will be cut in terms of environmental standards. “Certainly if we sit back and do nothing, fracking will go ahead with the minimum of safeguards and inadequate regulation,” said Ms. Pickles from the Ryedale group. “In other countries where fracking has taken place, thousands of people have shown their concerns and have objected. Strong public opposition has had an impact,” she added.
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5 long years on the market It took 30 years for the US wildcatters to unlock the potential of the American shale. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not there yet, but five years into development, the European market has been through some ups and downs. THE EDITORS
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SZYMON SZCZEŚNIAK
The awareness of the shale gas industry was a mix of high expectations and poor knowledge. “Did you find gas?” was a question Kamlesh Parmar, then country manager for Lane Energy, heard at a meeting back in 2010. Number of wells drilled in Poland at the time: 3
Early explorers wanted to get out there and show locals what it’s all about
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“Getting out there and putting yourself in front of the people who live where you want to drill” Patrycja Kujawa, LNG Energy, 2012
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SGIG: What’s the realistic date of shale gas flowing on a commercial scale? “My asessment is rather conservative, however late 2016 looks realistic”
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Piotr Woźniak, deputy environment minister, 2013
Jose Bove, MEP, 2012
“When I got the call, I was on my motorcycle [in Seattle],” - William Marble, chief operating officer for Silurian-Hallwood, pictured here in Warsaw, on how he got a job in Polish shale, 2012.
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The opposition materialized quickly. “Innumerable reports have highlighted the negative impacts of shale gas exploitation on land, water, and emissions”
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PARKER SNYDER
The high point: 3LegsResources/ ConocoPhillips flare a shale gas well in northern Poland, although the flow rate turned out not to be commercial
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He came, he left, he came again, he saw - John Buggenhagen of Palomar started in shale, but ended up drilling for conventional gas with success
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Shale movers and shakers no more: Minister of the treasury Mikołaj Budzanowski and PGNiG’s CEO Grażyna Piotrowska-Oliwa, both canned in 2013.
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Not going anywhere: protesters do a sit-in on a Chevron site in eastern Poland in 2013. Polish shale has not moved much since
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Where are they now?
Kamlesh Parmar Then: CEO of 3LegsResources, one of the pioneers of shale exploration in Poland. He stepped down in 2015 Now: “assessing new opportunities”
Piotr Woźniak Then: deputy environment minister environment and chief geologist of Poland Now: Administrative Board Vice-Chair, Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators
Jose Bove Then and now: Member of the European Parliament for Greens/European Free Alliance and an anti-shale advocate
William Marble Then: COO, Silurian-Hallwood, then in Wisent Oil & Gas, both in Poland Now: Chief Engineer, Hallwood Oil & Gas, Dallas, Texas
John Buggenhagen Then: Exploration Director, San Leon Energy Now: CEO, Palomar Natural Resources. Still working in Poland.
Anna McMaster Then and now: Communications manager at Hutton Energy in the UK
Mikołaj Budzanowski Then: minister of the treasury of the Polish government Now: Chief Investment and Development Officer, Boryszew, a chemicals company
Grażyna Oliwa-Piotrowska Then: CEO of PGNiG, Poland’s national oil & gas company. Recently: member of supervisory board of telecom company Mediatel
Emil Jabłoński Then: leader of anti-Chevron protest in Żurawlów, also Żurawlów’s village administrator and farmer. Now: back to administration and farming
Dennis McKee (not in pictorial) Then and now: CEO of United Oilfield Services, still drilling in Poland. Eyeing the UK market as well
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Patrycja Kujawa Then: business development manager at LNG Energy Now: Consultant at Nichols Applied Management, Alberta, Canada
Wiesław Prugar (not in pictorial) Then and now: CEO of Orlen Upstream, one of two most important Polish shale gas operators. Planning to drill up to five new wells in 2015
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GLOBAL UPDATE OPEC VS SHALE GAS
Friend or foe? Of the theories on why OPEC has not yet reacted to the plummeting oil price, there is one with a pretty good merit: it’s a way of reining in US shale gas boom that has transformed global energy market. Will US shale industry withstand pressure? BY JAN WYPIJEWSKI
IT USED TO be that OPEC would cut oil output to mess with America. Now the opposite is the case - the cartel appears resolved to grow its output, with the hope of discouraging US unconventional oil and gas companies from growing theirs. The aim of the strategy is to re-open the path of the OPEC oil into the US market that has become self sufficient since shale oil and gas rose to prominence in early 2010s. American oil imports have been steadily declining since 2005 - just when production of unconventionals was getting under way - when they hit over 5 billion barrels, to the level of 3.3 billion barrels in 2014, which is the lowest level since 1995. Perfecting the technology of extracting shale gas and oil has narrowed the US market to imported hydrocarbons, whose producers are now forced to find markets elsewhere - amongst increased competition of non-OPEC oil, which drives oil price even further down. But OPEC - or Saudi Arabia at least - remains unfazed by the falling price of the commodity that built its might. The rationale behind OPEC’s resolve to keep output high is that a sustained low oil price has a potential to render some of US unconventional oil and gas industry unprofitable. 68 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
Price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), one of key benchmarks for crude oil pricing, came in at USD44-54 in March, a fall from USD97-105 in March 2014. This is around or below breakeven price of some of the important US unconventional plays. According to Chris Faulkner, CEO of Breitling Energy, who presented during the SGWE event in Warsaw in 2013, breakeven point in $/barrel of oil (boe) is 41-72 for Bakken and 33-68 for Eagle Ford. According to Rystad Energy, they are 53-65 for Bakken and 42-50 for Eagle Ford (WTI prices). OPEC’s strategy appears to have some effect. In the mid April, Baker Hughes, an oilfield services company, announced that the number of working oil rigs in the US decreased by 26 to 734 in mid-April, the lowest number since 2010. That only spurred OPEC leader Saudi Arabia to turn the screw further. In March, Saudi Arabia increased its oil output by 390,000 bbl/d, with another 540,000 bbl/d added by Iraq and Libya to the already oversupplied market. SWIFT WILDCATTERS The US Energy Information Agency estimates that the current market situation will result in 6 percent decline of
the American oil production by 2022. The growth of gas production will be maintained, although it will lose pace: from 5 percent in 2015 to 1.9 percent in 2016, according to the EIA. US companies have also responded with economization of their assets. The wildcat nature of the US unconventional oil and gas business is that the smaller players, who dominate the landscape, are more flexible and can react faster to changing situation. For them, it’s much more easier to decide about slowing the production down or postpone drilling on less promising acreage. As a result, in May 2015, the American oil production is going to decline by over than 57,000 bbl/d, because of the output cuts in Bakken, Eagle Ford and Niobrara shale. Should OPEC maneuvering push the oil price back up, it is likely that the US production will pick up. At the moment, many US companies are reported to keep their wells uncompleted. It is estimated that there are about 3,000 such wells in the US. Finally, OPEC, is not Saudi Arabia alone. Not all OPEC member states approve of Saudi Arabia’s policy of keeping prices low. Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh appealed to cut the output by at least 5 percent, which
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Saudi Arabia rejected, although the issue will be discussed during OPEC’s next meeting in early June. An angry opinion on the current level of oil output is also coming from Libya, as well as Venezuela and Nigeria, where the breakeven price (Brent crude) is higher than in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait. In the case of Libya, the breakeven price is $184/bbl, while $122 for Nigeria, and $117 for Venezuela. Saudi Arabia breaks even at $106/ bbl, while Qatar and Kuwait at $60 and $54, respectively. Neither do those non-Middle East states have as much currency assets to withstand reduced revenue from oil sales. THE IRAN FACTOR Paradoxically, the ability of the US unconventional oil and gas industry to withstand pressure by being flexible and gauge output quickly depending on the situation on the world oil mar-
ket, may be not enough because of Washington’s attempts to turn Iran into
The rationale behind OPEC’s resolve to keep output high is that sustained low oil price, because it has a potential to render some of US unconventional oil and gas industry unprofitable its ally, or at least a non-hostile country. The change of the American policy
with regard to Iran could weaken Saudi Arabia’s position in its backyard the Middle East once and if Iran’s vast reserves or oil find their way back on the market, with the likely involvement of the US oil and gas companies. But that will also affect the US oil and gas industry. Iran has the capacity to flood the market and lower the price by even $5-15/bbl in 2016, despite demand expected to rise globally. According to OPEC, this would cause the American liquids output to decline by about 600,000 bbl/d by the fourth quarter of 2015. The US Energy Information Administration, a government body, is more optimistic, predicting a decline of about 210,000 bbl/d. The Iran scenario would however be such a game-changer that the significance of the current spat between the US and Saudi Arabia-led OPEC would need to be redefined completely.
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Fuling leads China’s shale revolution Alongside Argentinian and Australian peers, China’s Fuling play is one of a handful of non-US producing shale gas plays. China’s estimated shale gas reserves are world’s largest. What’s next for the Far East giant? BY WU MING IN BEIJING
FULING, IN SOUTHWESTERN China’s Chongqing city, is famous for its hot pickled mustard, but today it is better known for the discovery of China’s largest shale gas field, where operator Sinopec is investing multi-billion dollars to build up production capacity as part of China’s shale revolution. Late last year, Chinese upstream watchdog the Ministry of Land Resources (MLR) confirmed that Fuling holds China’s largest shale gas reserves so far proven recoverable at 1.1 trillion cubic metres (tcm), but Sinopec sources said the reserve size will eventually go far beyond what is announced as the exploration expands more blocks at the Fuling play. Company vice president Wang Zhigang told an audience at a recent industry gathering in Beijing that MLR’s reser ve only covers 106 square kilometres, about half the size of the Fuling play. He said that MLR stops short of making reserve assessment of the rest of Fuling acreages as limited drilling activities couldn’t provide enough data for reserve appraisal. “The 1 trillion cubic metre reserve 70 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
is just for building build up 5 billion cubic metres (bcm) of shale gas production capacity this year,” which accounts for 77 percent of total shale gas production China is expected to produce this year, Mr. Wang said. Fuling, listed by MLR as China’s first commercial shale gas development, is poised to produce 5 bcm
“The current flow rate at some [Fuling] wells goes as high as 500,000 cubic metres per day” Wang Zhigang, Sinopec this year, a volume to be doubled to 10 bcm by 2017, according to a Sinopec development plan. By the end of last year, Sinopec had drilled 148 wells at Fuling play, including 113 completed, and 89 being put under production. These wells are now producing 7.5 mcm
of shale gas per day. Last year, the field produced 1.1 bcm of shale gas, which is about 73 percent of the national total. For this year, the company is slated to drill 138 wells. The current flow rate at the new wells having been completed is very robust, giving Wang confidence that the production capacity at Fuling will exceed 5 Bcm by the end of this year. “The rate at some wells goes as high as 500,000 cubic metres per day,” he said. However, Wang warned that when put into commercial production, these wells won’t be running flat out in part to avoid fast depletion. Company chairman Fu Chengyu echoed to Wang’s assumption on March 23 in Hong Kong when he said that Fuling will be only producing 3.5 bcm this year. He suggested that for a well flowing at 150,000 cubic metres per day upon test, Sinopec will cap its commercial production at about 60,000 cubic metres per day. Fuling’s depletion indeed is a headache for Sinopec. The discovery well Jiaoye 1HF now only flows at about 60,000 cubic metres per day, down from 200,000 cubic metres day dur-
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ing test upon discovery in 2012. However, the daily outflow at Jiaoye 6-2HF hit a record of a daily production averaging 200,000 cubic metres per day now, down from its peak of 490,000 cubic metres/day at its peak in late 2013. With the current well head pressure of 20 megapascal, Jiaoye 1HF well could only last for about three more years at the current production rate, said Liu Yaowen, deputy manager of Sinopec Jianghan Fuling Shale Gas Company, which is Sinopec’s operating outfit for Fuling development. To maximize the production at lowest possible cost, the company is trying to extend the horizontal reach to the wells so as to reach additional producible reserves. Geology sources in Chongqing shrugged off the depletion issue, saying that the sweet spots at Fuling shale gas field are spreading over a vast area, which gives Sinopec more room to tackle depletion by drilling more wells. However, sources agreed that the shale gas wells deplete faster than the conventional gas wells. At the backdrop of the decline of the oil prices, Sinopec is trying to
further cut the drilling cost and shorten the drilling cycle this year, but industry officials said it could be a challenging mission for Sinopec as its current drilling cost is also already considered low in China at about 70 million yuan per well. Drilling one well will normally last 70 days. Sources said that building shale gas
Sinopec is adding final touches to a gas export pipeline to move Fuling gas to the eastern Chinese cities like Shanghai well pads, or commonly known as well factories, is another way to save cost. In late March, Sinopec Jianghan Fuling Shale Gas Company completed the country’s largest shale gas drilling pad. Numbered 54, the drilling pad comprises of five horizontal
well clusters – Jiaoye 54-1HF, Jiaoye 54-2HF, Jiaoye 54-3HF, Jiaoye 545HF and Jiaoye 54-6HF. Sinopec is also adding final touches to a shale gas export pipeline to move Fuling gas to the market in eastern Chinese cities including Shanghai. The line which will run about 141 kilometres from Fuling via Dingshan and Renhua countries to terminate at Shizhu county, from which it will be connected with Sinopec’s existing gas pipeline that transports its gas produced at Puguang gas field to Shanghai. The line with annual throughput capacity of 6 bcm will be further extended to cover Guangxi region to link the regional liquefied natural gas pipeline grid when Fuling’s second phase is completed in 2017. The 1.8 billion-yuan (USD300 million) line also incorporates two compressor stations. Other offsite facilities for Fuling development include a shale gas gathering centre, a de-water unit with annual capacity of 4.5 cubic metres and a water supply centre with a daily capacity of 35,000 cubic metres as well as 26 ground gas transmission stations.
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Argentina, a fast mule There is one country with huge unconventional oil and gas reserves that not only has averted a fall in E&P investment, but where companies keep pouring dollars to drill ever more wells. If Europe’s market is dead and China’s fledgling, Argentina’s is budding. BY CHARLES NEWBERY IN BUENOS AIRES
GERMANY’S WINTERSHALL is taking its first stab at shale drilling in Argentina, the latest push to develop Vaca Muerta, the country’s largest unconventional play. In a partnership with Gas y Petroleo del Neuquen (GyP), Wintershall will drill two vertical wells into the play this year, followed by six horizontals in 2016. If the resources prove economically viable for production, Wintershall and GyP will plow up to USD 500 million into a production pilot with 20 horizontal wells in 2017-18. An additional USD 2 billion will subsequently be spent on mass-scale drilling, said Gustavo Nagel, general manager of GyP, the state oil company of Neuquen, a southwestern province that holds Argentina’s greatest shale potential. This is the latest project in a wave of investment in Argentine shale at a time when Europe’s shale industry is fizzling and China’s is fledgling. WHY THE UPTICK? Argentina’s geology is “world class,” said Caldwell Bailey, a senior oil and gas consultant at IHS, a US-based consultancy. “It should not come as a shock that international oil companies are going after the kind of resource that Argentina has in the ground.” 72 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
YPF already is producing from Vaca Muerta, the first shale oil extracted outside North America. Working with US-based Chevron, their output rose to 41,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in January, most of it light crude, from 38,000 boe/d in the fourth quarter. In other partnerships, YPF is producing tight gas with US-based Dow Chemical and Argentina’s Petrolera Pampa from the Lajas play below Vaca Muerta, and plans to invest USD 550 million with Malaysia’s Petronas in Vaca Muerta’s shale oil window. Talks are underway for ventures with China’s Sinopec, France’s Total and US’ ExxonMobil, while Royal Dutch Shell, Brazil’s Petrobras and others are working on their own or in partnerships to test the plays. The results are promising. Londonbased Andes Energia has found shale oil at the four wells it’s drilled. “We haven’t had any unsuccessful wells,” CEO Alejandro Jotayan said. INCENTIVES Beyond the geology, four things are driving the investment. First, the government of Cristina Férnandez de Kirchner has reformed policy to promote exploration and production since
the 2012 state takeover of YPF from Spain’s Repsol. For the previous decade, energy prices had been kept down to fuel economic growth. That, however, led to a 20 percent drop in oil and gas production, as producers cut spending on sagging profits. In response, the government ramped up imports to deal with widening shortages. However, the rising imports depleted dollar reserves in a country already short on them and with no access to international capital markets due to COUNTRY FACTS
27 bbo
Shale oil in-place
24 tcm
Shale gas in-place
52 bcm
Gas consumption
40 bcm
Gas production (2013)
SOURCE: EIA, ENERDATA (2013)
G LO B A L U P D AT E
“We haven’t had any unsuccessful wells”
government failure to fully settle a 2001 default on USD 100 billion. To revive oil investment, the government extended licenses to 35 years from 25 for unconventional fields, and rolled out incentives. On projects of more than USD 250 million, for example, companies can now sidestep capital controls and export restrictions and duties to send abroad 20 percent of output tax-free after the third year and keep the proceeds outside the country. The second driver is a price recovery. After a decade of getting less than USD 2.50/MMBtu for gas, producers can now sell at USD 7.50/MMBtu from new developments. They also get USD 77/bbl for light crude production, even though global oil prices are running below USD 50/bbl. And if producers increase output or exports, they get a state subsidy of USD 2/bbl to USD 3/bbl on top of the mandated sales price. The other two drivers are a need for oil and a social acceptance for fracking. “Consumption is guaranteed in Argentina because it needs the oil,” Nagel said, adding that thanks to the oil industry’s communications efforts there haven’t been the environmental protests that have hobbled fracking in the UK, Bulgaria, Romania and elsewhere. CHALLENGES There still are challenges. “We have to cut drilling costs to the USD 4-5 million per-well average in the U.S.,” Nagel said. After reducing its costs to USD 7 million from USD 11 million in 2011, YPF is pursuing further cuts. In February, the company said it will focus on drilling more and lengthier horizontal wells. By drilling for 3,000 meters, it can do 30 to 40 fractures per lateral, up from a 2014 average of 10 fractures per 1,000-meter lateral. This will boost productivity without jacking up costs, as most of the outlay is on the vertical well, it said.
CHRIS FORD
Alejandro Jotayan, CEO, Andes Energia
Logistics and infrastructure capacity also must be expanded. While after 107 years of crude production, Argentina has a large services industry, pipeline capacity and skilled labor, more must be done to expand pipe, road and railway capacity and domestic production of fracking chemicals, proppant and water to move the shale resources into mass production. “Argentina doesn’t have the capacity to move things in and out” of well sites like the U.S. had to fuel its shale boom, Mr. Bailey said. Political risk is another hurdle. The speed of shale development in Argen-
tina will depend on the results of the October presidential election, said Mark Jones, an expert on Latin American politics at Rice University in Houston. While the three frontrunners are thought to be more business friendly than Férnandez, Mr. Jones said they still must implement measures more conducive for investment, such as by scraping capital controls and antibusiness hostility. “The Férnandez government has dug Argentina into a very deep hole,” Jones said. “It is going to take a lot of work and skill by the next president to get it out.”
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Champion of ambition Algeria is Africa’s second country, after South Africa, to consider shale gas. Unlike the southern nation, however, Algeria has a lot to lose. BY WOJCIECH KOŚĆ
ALGERIA is one of Africa’s undisputed oil and gas champions. It is the continent’s top natural gas producer and the third largest oil producer. The country’s proximity to Europe - just over 500 kilometers across the Mediterranean Sea to the Spanish city of Barcelona - also helped Algeria become the second largest natural gas supplier to Europe. But Algeria is also staring into the abyss of slipping down across all these important ranks. Not even because its conventional resources have been depleted but rather that new production and infrastructure projects have repeatedly been delayed. As a result, the country’s oil production declined from a peak of nearly 2 million b/d in 2006 to 1.57 million b/d in 2013, a drop of over 20 percent, according to the BP Statistic Review of World Energy. Although Algeria managed to buck the downward in 2014, when its oil and gas production grew by 4 percent y/y, only now is the country putting on a frantic program to further increase production so as to double gas production and exports and increase oil production by 50 percent in coming decades. These plans will require increased spending from the Algerian industry, led by the state owned oil and gas company Sonatrach. Sonatrach’s CEO, Said Sahnoun, said in January that the company would not reduce investment despite the lower oil price. Between 2015 and 2019, Algeria plans 74 | SHALE GAS INVESTMENT GUIDE | S U M M E R 2 015
to invest USD90 billion in its oil and gas sector, including USD64 billion in the upstream sector. Shale gas is emerging as an important part of Algeria’s plan to reaffirm its position as one of the African and global oil and gas majors. The effort will also be led by the national oil and gas company Sonatrach, which completed its initial shale gas pilot well in February and will continue feasibility studies
Between 2015 and 2019, Algeria plans to invest $90 billion in its oil and gas sector, including $64 billion in the upstream sector
net and Illizi basins with the aim of producing up to 30 billion cubic meters of shale gas annually by 2020. But it is not only the national oil and gas company that’s looking forward to drill for Algerian unconventional gas. Shell and Statoil are also involved. Shell is operating in the Timissit area [Illizi basin] tight/shale exploration block, which the company was awarded in Algeria’s 4th bid round in 2014. “Shell has a non-operated position in this block and holds 19 percent equity with operatorship from Statoil (30 percent) and 51percent equity by the national oil company Sonatrach,” Shell Algeria’s Nureddin Wefati told the SGIG. COUNTRY FACTS
200 mln Oil and gas production in 2014 (toe)
100 mln Oil and gas export in 2014 (toe)
on exploiting the non-conventional resource, Mr. Souhnan announced, also in February. “We will continue to evaluate the feasibility of exploiting this resource,” Mr. Sahnoun told a press conference in Algiers in February, devoted mainly to the topic of shale gas development. Sonatrach would like to see well pads to pop up in the promising Ah-
20.9 tcm
Technically recoverable shale gas resources, 2014, at 15% recovery rate
4% 50%
Oil & Gas Production, 2014, change y/y Export as % of production SOURCE: EIA
SSW as Co-Organiser of Mining and Geological Law Act Conference On 13 – 14 January 2015 in Bristol hotel in Warsaw the Mining and Geological Law Conference took place. The event gathered nearly 100 representatives of companies operating in exploration and mining industry. Within two days several experts discussed practical aspects of amendments in the Mining and Geological Law. The lecturers included, inter alia, Daniel Kawczyński – a member of the British Parliament and a special advisor to the British Prime Minister, professor Andrzej Kraszewski Ph. D., engineer – former Minister of Environment, Henryk Jezierski Ph.D. – former Undersecretary of State and Chief National Geologist and Piotr Woźniak – former Minister of Economy and Chief National Geologist, Undersecretary in Ministry of Environment. The conference was divided into two sessions. The first day was devoted to fundamental changes which the amended Mining and Geological Law implemented, especially concession procedures, geological data submissions, operations of mining facilities. During the conference, Professor Kasztelewicz from AGH University of Science And Technology held an intriguing presentation concerning the case study of a mine construction in Poland. The presentation led to a discussion on the actual resource management policies in Poland. The need to prepare a map of strategic deposits in Poland was underlined a number times during debate. The invited experts presented practical insight for exploration and mining entities in such areas as the environment, zoning and waste management which are equally problematic for entities operating the mining activity. The second session of the conference was dedicated to hydrocarbon exploration and production. Not only the latest regulatory changes have been presented but also other solutions which were still being planned in the hydrocarbons law. To meet the expectations of the exploration and mining sector a follow up conference is planned in 2016 to address the first year of operations under the changed regulations. SSW Spaczyński, Szczepaniak i Wspólnicy was a co-organiser and partner of the Conference.
Blog PrawoGeologiczne.pl (geological law) starts in May Exploration and mining companies in Poland face often difficulties caused by ambiguous texts of laws or situations which the laws have not regulated clearly. We are there to advise, negotiate, settle disputes, train and represent our clients. SSW lawyers have the knowledge and put it to practice every day, and now we wish to share it on our blog and invite you to open discussion in the comments section. The concept behind the blog is to elaborate laws and court rulings in a more simple and comprehensible manner, away from their heavy legal language. The blog also informs about specific legal measures secured in the Polish Geological and Mining Law, topics related to concession-restricted businesses, as well as other issues related to environmental protection, water laws, zoning regulations and land titles. We believe the blog shall not only raise interest of the businesses already operating on the market but also others looking into opportunities stemming from the exploration and mining. We will be publishing the most interesting rulings of the Supreme Administrative Court and voivodship courts, as well as up-to-date news about regulatory works on any new laws which could be crucial for the exploration and mining sector.
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SHALE GAS
investment
GUIDE
COUNTRY
WHO’S WHO
Waiting for a breakthrough The 9th issue of the Shale Gas Investment Guide brings you up to speed with what’s going on in terms of shale gas exploration in the EU-28. The exploration continues at a slow pace. Most active markets - with the exception of Poland - are seeing a handful of wells drilled at best and very little stimulation. Poland remains the most active market, even though the belief that it can pull off the feat of shale gas production by 2016 has waned. Despite minor activity, it’s the UK where the European shale gas dynamics is at the time being, with 2015 slated to be a breakthrough year for drilling.
COUNTRIES l Denmark
p.78
l Germany
p.78
l Poland
p.79
l Slovenia
p.81
l Spain
p.81
l Sweden
p.82
l UK
p.83
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COUNTRY
BILFINGER
WHO’S WHO
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DENMARK, GERMANY
CONTACT INFO
CEO - Peter Helmer Steen, Amaliegade 45, 1256 København, tel.: (+45) 72 26 57 50, email: nordsoeen@nordsoefonden.dk
BOARD MEMBERS
Peter Helmer Steen, Henrik Normann, Karsten Knudsen, Berit Rynning, Brigitte Brinch Madsen Christian Herskind, Mads Andersen, Sanne Weidner
COMMENT: Drilling of the first shale exploration well in
Denmark has faced difficulties: first it was hindered because of a delay in the manufacturing of the drillling rig. In early May, the work was suspended because the company reportedly used a defoamer called Nullfoam, which had not been listed in an environmental impact assessment plan approved by local authorities, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) said.
CONCESSIONS AREA
STAKE IN Name
Interest(%)
Holder
L1/10
20%
Total E&P Denmark BV
L2/10
20
Total E&P Denmark BV
Skagen
Aalborg
Grena Aarhus Aarhus Copenhagen
Zone of interest Concession area
- Cleantech/Reuters
CONTACT INFO
Nyhavn 43, 2, 1051 Copenhagen, Denmark, email: info@skifergas.dk.
BOARD MEMBERS
Thierry Desmarset, Patrick Artus, Patricia Barbizet, Gunnar Brock, Patrick Pouyanné
COMMENT: Drilling of the first shale exploration well in
Denmark has faced difficulties: first it was hindered because of a delay in the manufacturing of the drillling rig. In early May, the work was suspended because the company reportedly used a defoamer called Nullfoam, which had not been listed in an environmental impact assessment plan approved by local authorities, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) said.
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2)
Wells
L1 / 10
2,972
-
L2 / 10
2,289
-
Skagen
Aalborg
Grena Aarhus Aarhus Copenhagen
Zone of interest Concession area
- Cleantech/Reuters
CONTACT INFO
Riethorst 12, 3069 Hannover. Postfach 51 03 60, 30633, tel.: 0511 / 6410, email: info@beb.de
COMMENT: The multinational oil and gas company initiated
a public relations campaign in Germany in September 2014 to convince skeptical public that its drilling practices are safe. It has funded research into shale gas safety, which is hotly debatred in Germany on the back of the so called Hanover Declaration [on “environmentall compatible” fracking]. The research is a critical component of the company’s efforts to assuage safety concerns. ExxonMobil has also promised it will use non-toxic additives to fracking fluid during hydraulic simulation of wells. - Cleantech
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CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
TF
Ahrensheide
429
-
-
Bramsche-Erweiterung
-
3
SG/TG
Delmenhorst-Elsfleth
-
-
-
Dummersee-Uchte
845
1
SG
Hamwiede
-
-
-
Harpstedt
-
-
-
Herford
-
-
-
Hannover Munster
Köln
Magdeburg Kassel Erfurt
Frankfurt am Main
Zone of interest Concession area
G E R M A N Y, P O L A N D WHO’S WHO
CONTACT INFO
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 160, 34119 Kassel, Germany, tel.: (+49) 561 301-0, email: info@wintershall.com
BOARD MEMBERS
Rainer Seele, Martin Bachmann, Ties Tiessen, Gerhard König, Mario Mehren
COMMENT: In Germany, which has few natural resources
of its own, we must examine the situation very carefully and ask ourselves which resources will be at our disposal in future. It is therefore important and right that we allow research into unconventional resources. Initially, Wintershall is also only interested in research, because the question of whether the ecologically safe and commercially viable production of shale gas is possible at all in future is – in our view – still completely open. Nonetheless, research must be allowed, because Germany, cannot afford to block research and expertise.
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
Ridderade-Ost
342
-
Ruhr
2,493
-
Hannover Munster
Magdeburg Kassel
Köln
Erfurt
Frankfurt am Main
Zone of interest Concession area
- Stefan Leunig, Wintershall
CONTACT INFO
Troy Wagner - V.P of European Operations, ul. Wiktorska 63, 02-587, Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 540 17 30
BOARD MEMBERS
Wolf Regener, Warren Nelson, Coenraad Leo, Hans Handler, David Nelson, Martin Robert
COMMENT: We believe that both Poland and Spain
have significant shale gas potential. We are continuing our exploration efforts to optimize our exploration portfolio by focusing on the concessions with the best risk-reward potential. Relinquishment of the Bytow concession was a very difficult decision for us, as we firmly believe that economic production is achievable, based on our Gapowo B1A results. However, we believe the Słupsk concession, overall, has greater potential due to surface access, reservoir parameters, well depths, and the overall size of prospective acreage. - Troy Wagner, BNK Petroleum
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Słupsk
Area (km2) Wells
919
1
SG
RUSSIA
Gdańsk
TF
LITHUANIA
Olsztyn Szczecin Bydgoszcz
Poznań
BELARUS
WARSZAWA Łódź GERMANY
Wrocław
Lublin
CZECH REPUBLIC
Kraków
Katowice Zone of interest Concession area
Rzeszów
SLOVAKIA
CONTACT INFO
Laurie St Aubin, Country Manager, Rondo ONZ 1, 00-124 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 209 04 00
BOARD MEMBERS
Richard Armitage, Richard Auchinleck, Charles Bunch, James Copeland, John Faraci, Jody Freeman, Gay Huey Evans, Ryan Lance, Arjun Murti, Robert Niblock, Harald Norvik, William Wade
COMMENT: PGNiG announced partnership with ConocoPhillips to exchange geological data through its subsidary Lane Energy. A proposed deal between ConocoPhillips and PGNiG to jointly operate acreage seems to have stalled.
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
Damnica
784
1
SG
Lębork
1,062
5
SG
Karwia
209
1
SG
RUSSIA
Gdańsk
TF
LITHUANIA
Olsztyn Szczecin Bydgoszcz
Poznań
BELARUS
WARSZAWA Łódź GERMANY
Wrocław
Lublin
CZECH REPUBLIC
Katowice
- Cleantech
Zone of interest Concession area
Kraków
Rzeszów
SLOVAKIA
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POLAND
CONTACT INFO
Wiesław Prugar - President, ul. Prosta 70, 00-838 Warszawa, tel.: +48 22 778 02 00, email: upstream@orlen.pl
BOARD MEMBERS Wiesław Prugar Paweł Martynek
COMMENT: ORLEN Upstream currently holds 8 uncon-
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD
ventional oil and gas concessions in Poland. Their total area is about 6,500 square kilometers. The company has drilled 12 shale gas wells to date and has hydraulically fractured 3 horizontal wells. These works were exploration works aiming at coming up with a detailed geological model of prospetive formations on the company’s concessions.
Area (km2)
Name
Wells
TF
Garwolin
884
1
SG
Lubartów
1,147
3
SG
Wierzbica
652
5
SG
RUSSIA
Gdańsk
LITHUANIA
Olsztyn Szczecin Bydgoszcz
Sieradz
917
-
SG
Wołomin
940
1
SG
Wodynie-Łuków
698
2
SG
Poznań
BELARUS
WARSZAWA Łódź GERMANY
Lublin
Wrocław
CZECH REPUBLIC
- Company press office
Rzeszów
Kraków
Katowice Zone of interest Concession area
SLOVAKIA
CONTACT INFO
John Buggenhagen - CEO, Pl. Piłsudskiego 3, 00-078 Warszawa, tel.: (+48) 22 449 00 00
BOARD MEMBERS John Buggenhagen
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD
COMMENT: I am excited that Palomar’s first Polish well is
a success. This early success is proof that a strategy based on applying the latest seismic, drilling and completion technologies to unlock the potential of untapped conventional deposits in Poland, previously considered uneconomical can be successful.
Area (km2) Wells
Name
Rawicz
742
1
CONV
Góra
706
1*
SG
Nowa Sól
1166
2*
SG
RUSSIA
Gdańsk
TF
LITHUANIA
Olsztyn Szczecin Bydgoszcz
Poznań
BELARUS
WARSZAWA Łódź GERMANY
Lublin
Wrocław
CZECH REPUBLIC
Kraków
Katowice
- John Buggenhagen, PNR
Zone of interest Concession area
*Drilled by San Leon Energy
Rzeszów
SLOVAKIA
CONTACT INFO
Piotr Gliniak - Head of Exploration, ul. Kasprzaka 25, 01-224 Warsaw, tel.: (+48) 22 691 79 67
BOARD MEMBERS
Mariusz Zawisza, Jarosław Bauc, Zbigniew Skrzypkiewicz, Waldemar Wójcik
COMMENT: PGNiG is working on 10 shale concessions in Po-
land. To date, we have drilled 17 exploration wells, including 2 horizontal ones. In line with the company’s plan for 2015, more wells will be drilled throughout the year. Well results are subject to analysis and assessment that have helped us select prospective areas. In 2015, we are going to focus on exploration in the Pomerania region [northern Poland]. Shale gas exploration has proved bigger a challenge than we expected. More exploration is needed, including drilling more horizontal wells. Experience gained from hydraulic fracturing to date will help us to more effective carrying out of the process in new horizontal wells. - Company press office
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CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Wejherowo
Area (km2) Wells
731
8
SG
Kartuzy-Szemud
783
1
SG
Stara Kiszewa
1,178
2
SG
Kock-Tarkawica
1,028
1
SG
Wiszniów-Tarno-
1,106
1
SG
Tomaszów Lubelski
741
1
SG
Nowogard
n/a
1
TG
RUSSIA
Gdańsk
TF
LITHUANIA
Olsztyn Szczecin Bydgoszcz
Poznań
BELARUS
WARSZAWA Łódź GERMANY
Wrocław
Lublin
CZECH REPUBLIC
Katowice Zone of interest Concession area
Kraków
SLOVAKIA
Rzeszów
P O L A N D , S L O V E N I A , S PA I N WHO’S WHO
CONTACT INFO
Witold Weil - Country Manager, ul. Mokotowska 1, 00-640 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 608 622 883
BOARD MEMBERS
Oisin Fanning, Paul Sullivan, Ray King, Daniel Martin, Jeremy Boak, Piotr Rozwadowski
COMMENT:
After a commercial gas discovery on the Rawicz concession in February, the company is focussing on that very concesssion, with 3-5 wells to be drilled to develop the field.
CONCESSIONS HELD Area (km2)
Name
CONCESSIONS AREA
STAKE IN Wells
TF
Name
Holder
Interest(%)
Rawicz
35
PNR
SG
Góra
35
PNR
1
SG
Nowa
35
PNR
1037
1
SG
603,4
1
SG
Praszka
1,199
-
SG
Czersk
702
-
Gdańsk W
894,41
Braniewo S Szczawno
RUSSIA
Gdańsk
LITHUANIA
Olsztyn Szczecin Bydgoszcz
Poznań
BELARUS
WARSZAWA Łódź GERMANY
Lublin
Wrocław
CZECH REPUBLIC
Katowice
Kraków
Zone of interest Concession area
- Cleantech
Rzeszów
SLOVAKIA
CONTACT INFO
Leonard Reece - CEO, 5 Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6EE, United Kingdom tel.: (+44) 020 7251 4905
BOARD MEMBERS
Clive Carver, Leonard Reece, Colin Hutchinson, Nigle Moore, Cameron Davies
COMMENT: Ascent Resources announced on March 9
that it joined PrimaryBid.com fundraising platform to raise equity from private investors to further invest in its tight gas project in Slovenia.
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Petišovci
Area (km2) Wells
100
2
TF
TG
Ljubljana
Zone of interest Concession area
- Cleantech
CONTACT INFO
Troy Wagner - V.P of European Operations, ul. Wiktorska 63, 02-587, Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 540 17 30
BOARD MEMBERS
Wolf Regener, Warren Nelson, Coenraad Leo, Hans Handler, David Nelson, Martin Robert
COMMENT: In Spain, we submitted environmental impact assessment (EIA) applications to drill and frack up to 12 wells in two concessions, Sedano and Urraca. We are currently in the public consultation process with our EIA applications, and this period will close in mid-April. We anticipate approval of these applications prior to the end of 2015. This would set us up to commence drilling operations in 2016.
- Troy Wagner, BNK Petroleum
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
TF
Urraca
948
-
SG
Sedano
348
-
SG Barcelona
Madrid
Valencia
Zone of interest Concession area
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Oisin Fanning - Chairman, 43 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London W1K 3HL, United Kingdom tel.: (+44) 20 3617 3913, email: london@sanleonenergy.com
BOARD MEMBERS
Oisin Fanning, Paul Sullivan, Ray King, Daniel Martin, Jeremy Boak, Piotr Rozwadowski
COMMENT: While not active in Spain bar paperwork to
complete environmental impact assessment for its exploration program, San Leon is coming to a country with a potential upside. “Central and regional governments have approved about 70 oil and gas exploration permits and almost 60 more are pending decisions. [Unconventional O&G firms] hold about three-quarters of the 50 or so onshore permits in the north, where much of estimated gas - and the opposition - can be found,” Bloomberg reported in 2014
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
AQUILES
1,664
-
CRONOS
970
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GEMINIS
479
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LIBRA
379
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Barcelona
Madrid
Valencia
Zone of interest Concession area
- Cleantech/Bloomberg
CONTACT INFO
Edificio Plaza Bizkaia, Alameda De Urquijo, 36-Planta 1a, E-48011 Bilbao tel.: (+34) 944035600, email: shesa@eve.es
BOARD MEMBERS Pilar Urruticoechea
COMMENT: SHESA is preparing environmental impact
assessments for 3 wells targeting unconventional plays at the present moment.
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
Angosto-1
261
-
Usapal
749.3
-
Mirua
752
-
Enara
758.5
-
Usoa
727
-
Barcelona
Madrid
Valencia
Zone of interest Concession area
- Shesa
CONTACT INFO
CEO - Mats Budh, Skålmyrsvägen 36, 792 50 Mora, Sweden tel.: (+46) 70 650 62 26
BOARD MEMBERS
Ola Blumenberg, Anders Wallgren, Anders Rydberg, Jonas Esteen, Karl-Ake Johansson, Tomas Wikner
COMMENT: AB Igrene is planning Vattumyren-03 Well to be drilled this summer at Mora region.
- Mats Budh, AB Igrene
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SELECTED CONCESSIONS HELD Name
CONCESSIONS AREA
Area (km2) Wells
Ryssa
38
9
Sydvastra Boda
12.5
1
Stumsnas
170
-
Hansjo
132
-
Oresjon
124
-
Oresjon 2
124
-
Norra Gullerasen
110
-
Zone of interest Concession area
SWEDEN, UNITED KINGDOM WHO’S WHO
CONTACT INFO
Stephen Crabtree - CEO, Vasavägen 76, 181 41 Lidingö, Sweden tel.: (+46) 72 222 6797, email: info@gripenab.com
BOARD MEMBERS
My Simonsson, Torgny Berglund, Peter Schweizer Stephen CrabtreeSven Erik Zachrisson
COMMENT: Our Northern European high quality methane gas shallow project, with third party allocated contingent resources of 1.4 bcm, is ready for pilot production in 2015.
- Niclas Biornstad (former CEO, stepped down April 30), Gripen Oil & Gas
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
Ekeby
188
16
Naset
3
2
Orlunda
9
1
Buttle
614
-
Sandon nr 1
161
-
Vallstena
94
-
Appelby
77
-
Zone of interest Concession area
CONTACT INFO
Francis Egan - CEO, Cuadrilla House, Stowe Court, Stowe Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6AQ, United Kingdom, tel.: (+44) 1543 266 444
BOARD MEMBERS
Lord Browne Browne of Mandingley, Haroun Van Hövell tot Westerflier, N John Lancaster Jr, Ivor Orchard, Phillip Arnall, Roy Franklin, Francis Egan, Anthony Carruthers, Andrew Quarles van Ufford CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD
COMMENT: The Environment Agency announced that it
has granted Cuadrilla all of the environmental permits required to carry out operations safely at its proposed shale gas exploration sites at Roseacre Wood and Preston New Road, in the North West of the UK. Cuadrilla will now await determination of planning applications [from local authorities - Cleantech] for both sites, which will take place later this year.
Name
Area (km2)
Wells
TF
PEDL 244
154
1
SG
PEDL 165
1,131
4
SG
EXL 189
45
1
SG
EXL 269
55
1
SG
Zone of interest Concession area
- Matt Lambert, Cuadrilla Resources
CONTACT INFO
Mark Abbott - Managing Director, The Wheat House, 98 High Street, Odiham, Hampshire RG29 1LP, UK, tel.: (+44) 1256 702292
BOARD MEMBERS
Mark Abbott, Philip Stephens, Jerry Field, Walter Roberts, Ken Ratcliff, Andrew Lodge, Neil O’Brien
COMMENT: Egdon’s UK
shale plans include a Gainsborough Trough shale exploration well operated by IGas, further farm-outs of shale exploration acreage in Northern England (in 2015) leading to drilling of further shale exploration wells (2016). - James Elston, Egdon Resources
CONCESSIONS HELD
CONCESSIONS AREA
STAKE IN Name
Interest(%)
Holder
PEDL 202
84
-
PEDL 139
14.5
IGas
PEDL 191
66
-
PEDL 140
14.5
IGas
PEDL 209
64
-
PEDL 181
25
Europa Oil and Gas
Name
Area (km2) Wells
PEDL 43
57
-
PEDL 182
40
-
PL 161-162
18
-
PEDL 1
11
-
Zone of interest Concession area
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CONTACT INFO
Andrew Austin, CEO, 7 Down Street, London, W1J 7AJ, United Kingdom, tel.: (+44) 207 993 9899
BOARD MEMBERS
Andrew Austin, Stephen Bowler, John Blaymires, Francis Gugen, John Bryant, Robin Pinchbeck, Cuth McDowell
COMMENT:
In March, IGas farmed out some of interest in its North West and East Midlands concessions, as well as the company’s participating interest in the PEDL 133 concession in Scotland. The deal’s value was €42mln in cash plus funding of a work program to the tune of €90mln. - Cleantech
CONCESSIONS HELD
CONCESSIONS AREA
STAKE IN Name
Interest(%)
Holder
PEDL 145
40
INEOS
Name
Area (km2)
Wells
TF
PEDL 184
386
1
SG
PEDL 190
386
1
CBM
PEDL 193
40
INEOS
-
EXL 273
15
INEOS
PEDL 107
211
-
PEDL 140
141
-
-
PEDL 116
102
-
-
PEDL 139
100
-
-
PEDL 43
57
-
-
Zone of interest Concession area
CONTACT INFO
INEOS Upstream, Gary Haywood, CEO, Hawslease, Chapel Lane, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7FG, tel.: (+41) 21 627 7040
BOARD MEMBERS
Jim Ratcliffe, Andy Currie, John Reece, Jim Dawson
COMMENT:
A major move and shaker on the unconventional O&G market in the UK, INEOS farmed in to IGas’ North West and East Midlands concessions, as well as the PEDL 133 concession in Scotland. The deal’s value was €42mln in cash plus funding of a work program to the tune of €90mln. - Cleantech
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
CONCESSIONS AREA
STAKE IN TF
Name
Interest(%)
Holder
PEDL 147
50
IGas Plc
EXL273
48
-
SG
PEDL 145
102
10*
CBM
PEDL 189
50
IGas Plc
PEDL 193
296
2*
CBM/SG
PEDL 184
50
IGas Plc
SG
PEDL 190
50
IGas Plc
PEDL 133
331
-
*Wells drilled by IGas before farmout agreement with INEOS in March 2015
Zone of interest Concession area
CONTACT INFO
David Robottom, East Knapton,Malton YO17 8JF, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom tel.: (+44) 1944 758 746, email: david.robottom@third-energy.com
BOARD MEMBERS David Robottom
COMMENT: Third Energy accounced in November 2014 that
it would apply for permission to hydraulically fracture existing well at Kirby Misperton to assess commercial potential of deeper Bowland section. This structure is a hybrid formation play consisting of mainly inter-bedded sandstone snd shale. This is in contrast to the Bowland section in North West England which is shale prone.
- Press release
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CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
TF
AL6
-
DL5
-
-
-
PEDL177
-
1
TG/SG
PL77
-
-
-
PL79
-
-
-
PL80
-
-
-
PL81
-
-
-
-
-
G E R M A N Y, P O L A N D WHO’S WHO
CONTACT INFO
Operating Safely, Succeeding Globally
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 160, 34119 Kassel, Germany, tel.: (+49) 561 301-0 email: info@wintershall.com
BOARD MEMBERS
Rainer Seele, Martin Bachmann, Ties Tiessen, Gerhard König, Mario Mehren
COMMENT: In a country like Germany, which has few
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
natural resources of its own, we must examine the situation very carefully and ask ourselves which resources will still be at our disposal in future. It is therefore important and right that we allow research into unconventional resources. Initially, Wintershall is also only interested in research, because the question of whether the ecologically safe and commercially viable production of shale gas is possible at all in future is – in our view – still completely open. Nonetheless, research must be allowed, because
Area (km2) Wells
Ridderade-Ost
Ruhr Oil & Gas Wells
342
-
2,493
-
Geothermal Wells Underground Storage Wells - Stefan Leunig
Workover CONTACT INFO
Integrated Project Management
Troy Wagner - V.P of European Operations, ul. Wiktorska 63, 02-587, Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 540 17 30
Drilling Equipment BOARD MEMBERS
Rental
Wolf Regener, Warren Nelson, Coenraad Leo, Hans Handler, David Nelson, Martin Robert
COMMENT: BNK relinquished Bytów license in March 2015. The company stated it is not leaving exploration in Poland but will focus on Słupsk concession. The company is planning to shot 2D seismic and to drill one exploration well.
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Słupsk
Area (km2) Wells
919
1
TF
SG
- Cleantech
CONTACT INFO
Laurie St Aubin, Country Manager, Rondo ONZ 1, 00-124 Warsaw, tel. (+48) 22 209 04 00
BOARD MEMBERS Ryan Lance
COMMENT: PGNiG announced partnership with ConocoPhillips to exchange geological data through through its subsidary Lane Energy.
www.kcadeutag.com
CONCESSIONS AREA
CONCESSIONS HELD Name
Area (km2) Wells
TF
Damnica
784
1
SG
Lębork
1,062
5
SG
Karwia
209
1
SG
- Cleantech
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C O M M E N TA R Y
P I OT R W D O W I Ń S K I P R I N C I PA L A N A LY S T, C L E A N T E C H P O L A N D
Depressed oil prices had E&P firms an-
nounce reductions in their capital spending for 2015, which is already having a knock-on negative effect of lowered profits of oilfield service companies (OFS). Moreover, the market for services in Poland has also shrunk due to low demand. About 15 wells targeting unconventional oil and gas are expected to be drilled, down from 29 drilled in peak year 2012. In the United Kingdom, the 14th onshore licensing round results will only be available in the second half of 2015 and could boost exploration works, but until then the market for onshore OFS will not see improvement in current demand, as only about 10 wells are planned in 2015. The March agreement of INEOS Upstream farming into IGas Bowland concessions confirms commitment of the chemical group to develop the British shale gas market - as long as regulations and public opposition do not interfere. Last but not least, the merger between Halliburton and Baker Hughes is expected to finalize in 2H of 2015 to create a new leader in the OFS sector. The market slowdown caused these companies to reduce activity and lay off staff globally. Piotr Wdowiński (+48) 883 307 160 piotr@cleantechpoland.com
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Casing & Cementing Baker Hughes Exalo Halliburton Schlumberger Weatherford UOS Chemicals Brenntag Champion Technologies Clear Solutions Int. Ltd. DOW Dow Corning Dow Microbial MultiChem Sibelco Europe Coil Tubing Baker Hughes Drill-tech Halliburton Exalo Meehan Drilling Schlumberger Weatherford UOS Equipment Supply Baker Corp Balance Point Control Bentec C.A.T. CAT Discovery Drilling Drill-Lab Drilltech GE Oil & Gas ITS (Parker) JSH Drilling Kerui National Oilwell Varco Packers Plus Superior Energy Services Tech Pomp Tenaris UOS Weir Workstrings Pressure Pumping Baker Hughes Halliburton Exalo Schlumberger Tenaris Weatherford UOS Proppant Supply Baltic Ceramics Weir Kaolin AD Sibelco (Unimin) Water Management AECom Baker Corp CDM Smith GE Oil & Gas PP-EKO Veolia Tech-Pomp
Basin Modeling Argo Baker Hughes GEO-Data Geokrak Geomage Kidova Pangea Serafim Construction of Well Pads Construction of Roads CDM Smith NTS Construction Corporate Services PWC Trinity Corporate Services MWH Global Peco Facet Risk To Reputation Data Services Argo ION Emerson Process Management GEO-Data Geokrak Geofizyka Krak贸w Geofizyka Torun Geolog Geomage Geotrace IHS Kidova Pangea Due Dilligence Cleantech Poland Environmental Services AECom CDM Smith GSE Environmental Inwatec PP-EKO Salamander Group URS Veolia Water Facilities Management DBM Services Emerson Process Management Geological Analysis Argo Baker Hughes GEO-Data Geokrak Geomage Kidova LMKR Nutech Pangea Serafim Human Resources HAYS IP Group Land Man CDM Smith IP Group Permitting CDM Smith IP Group Tesla Power generation Aggreko Seismic Services Acoustic Geophysical Applied Seismology Consultants ION Geofizyka Krak贸w Geofizyka Torun IP Group ION UOS Technical Translation Bireta
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EUROPE UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANY: Acoustic Geophysical Services (Viking) SPECIALITY: Seismic services AREA: CEE ADRESS: ul. Chłodna 11 lok. 425, 00-891 Warsaw, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 667 985 777, email: infohouston@acousticgeo.com Acoustic Geophysical Services provides acquisition services for land seismic projects. Viking Services B.V. (Viking) announced the completion of its acquisition of Acoustic Ventures, LLC (Acoustic Geophysical Services) in late 2012. In a company statement, AGS said they will to provide seismic acquisition services in eastern and central Europe. COMPANY: AECOM SPECIALITY: General services AREA: Global ADRESS: MidCity Place 71, High Holborn, London WC1V 6QS, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0)20 7645 2000 AECOM is a global provider of technical and management services to in transportation, facilities, environmental, energy and water. AECOM has 45,000 employees in 140 countries and 2013 revenue of $8.2 billion. The Poland office, located Follow AECOM on Twitter at @AECOM. The Poland office was awarded a Chevron contract in 2013.
✭ COMPANY: SPECIALITY: AREA: ADRESS: CONTACT:
Aggreko Power generation, temperature control Global Aggreko Eastern Europe, Soseaua de Centura 7A, Tunari, Ilfov, 077180, Romania, tel.: +40 31 405 22 08, mobile: +40 752 225 985
Aggreko help companies increase profits by creating opportunities, solving problems and reducing risk using our unique network of global locations, equipment and technical services. With over 100 locations in more than 30 countries we offer 24/7 services to companies across a variety of industries.
COMPANY: Applied Seismology Consultants Ltd SPECIALITY: Seismology, Microseismic AREA: UK ADRESS: Claremont Buildings, 5 Claremont Bank, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 1RJ, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0)1743 271440 ASC specialises in providing microseismic monitoring of rock masses and concrete structures, particularly applied to Petroleum, Shale Gas, Geothermal Energy, Mining, Radioactive Waste storage, Carbon Dioxide storage, Civil Engineering and Laboratory Testing industries. COMPANY: Archer Well - Allis Chalmers SPECIALITY: Integrated Oilfield Services AREA: Global ADRESS: Archer, Main Road, Blackburn, Aberdeen AB21 0BP, UK CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 1224 767 500 Archer is a global oilfield service company that specializes in production drilling, unconventionals, well intervention and well integrity. Archer employs 8,300 people. The name “Allis-Chalmers” is the name of the former company, the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. In February 2011, Allis-Chalmers Energy merged with Seawell to form specialist drilling and well service company Archer. COMPANY: Argo Geological Consultants SPECIALITY: Seismic Services AREA: Netherlands ADRESS: Bachlaan 46, 3706 BD Zeist, The Netherlands CONTACT: tel.: (+31) 306 959 150, email: info@argo-geoscience.com Argo Geological Consultants offer geo-scientific services to the oil and gas industry. Formed in 1987, Argo consultants perform the following services: seismic interpretation, geological and geophysical mapping, stratigraphic prediction, reservoir modeling, and E&P team support. Argo Consultants can be seconded to the client office. COMPANY: Arnco SPECIALITY: Hardbanding AREA: Global ADRESS: Aberdeen, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 774 028 0302, email: ssmit@arncotech.com Arnco Technology Trust, Ltd. - Arnco - does hardbanding in a history that dates to 1946 when its founder Roman F. Arnoldy developed and patented a hardfacing alloy. Arnco Technology has products to improve drill string performance and casing wear protection. Consider the product for extreme conditions in deeper, more critical, directional and horizontal extended reach wells. COMPANY: Baker Corp SPECIALITY: Liquids and sludge storage AREA: US/Canada/Europe ADRESS: ul. Sierpów 33, 95-035 Ozorków CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 604 113 028, email: mkoprowski@bakercorp.com BakerCorp provides containment, pumping and filtration equipment and services. BakerCorp provides temporary steel storage tanks to the oilfield industry. The company has 100 locations in the U.S.A. and operators internationally in Europe, Canada and Mexico. Markets include chemical, manufacturing, refining, oil and gas, construction, municipal, industrial services, environmental remediation and wastewater.
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COMPANY: Baker Hughes SPECIALITY: All integrated well services AREA: Global ADRESS: 3rd Floor, Building 5, Chiswick Park, 566 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick London W4 5YF United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 203 320 4900, email: jens.rodiek@bakerhughes.com Baker Hughes is an oilfield services company. Baker Hughes operates in 90 countries, providing drilling, formation evaluation, completion, production and reservoir consulting services. Baker Hughes has its headquarters in the America Tower in the American General Center in Houston. Baker Hughes Incorporated was formed when Baker International and Hughes Tool Company merged in 1987. COMPANY: Balance Point Control Ltd SPECIALITY: Balanced pressure and wireline services AREA: UK, Germany, Netherlands ADRESS: Cumberland House, Endeavour Drive, Arnhall Business Park, Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6UF United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 1224 651 077, email: info@bpc.co.uk Balance Point Control (BPC) provides hydraulic work over, snubbing, well control, engineering, wireline and rental services. Equipment includes Space Saver 385K, 340K Unit, 600K Unit, HWT 600K, Pulling Units, Casing Jack and Wireline Unit. Projects include water production shut off, straddle recovery, safeguarding a blown out well and securing a chemically contaminated well.
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Baltic Ceramics Proppant Poland ul. Reymonta 7, 68-300 Lubsko tel.: (+48) 22 654 66 14, email: office@balticceramics.com
Baltic Ceramics retails proppants and other products used in the extraction of hydrocarbons from unconventional oil and gas formations. Baltic Cerammics is the first proppant distributor on the Polish market, and aims to build a large production facility through both private and public funding sources.
COMPANY: Bentec SPECIALITY: Rig and drill manufacturer AREA: Europe, Middle East ADRESS: Deilmannstraße 1, 48455 Bad Bentheim CONTACT: tel.: (+49) 592 272 80, email: info@bentec.com Bentec is a manufacturer of drilling rigs and oilfield equipment worldwide based on 125 years of history. A vertical integrated systems provider, their drilling solutions include engineering, design and manufacturing customized drilling rigs, drilling components and electrical control systems. They can provide 24/7 field support and can repair or overhaul rigs globally.
✭ COMPANY: SPECIALITY: AREA: ADRESS: CONTACT:
Bireta Translation Poland ul. Bronikowskiego 3/1, 02-981 Warszawa tel.: (+48) 22 648 55 77, email: bireta@bireta.pl
Bireta provides technical translation services up to several thousand pages per month. A project management team guides translators and proofreaders in the construction, process control, electrical, mechanical, natural gas and information technology sectors. Projects include FGD Plants, wind farms, power units, CFB boilers, Combined Cycle Power Plants, CCS plants, NOx denitrification plants, and the LNG Regasification Terminal. COMPANY: Brenntag SPECIALITY: Chemical distribution AREA: Global ADRESS: Rawdon Park, Green Lane, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7XX, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0)113 3879200 Brenntag is a chemical distributor headquartered in Germany. Brenntag operates a global network in 70 countries employing 13,000 and generating sales of €9.7 billion in 2012. Brenntag links chemical manufacturers to users with 10,000 products and claims to be market leader in Europe. COMPANY: C.A.T. SPECIALITY: Oilfield Equipment, Tubing, Proppant AREA: Europe ADRESS: Celle, Vorbruch 6, 29227 CONTACT: tel.: (+49) 5141 9895 0, email: info@consulting-agency-trade.com C.A.T. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of oilfield equipment. A 20 year history, C.A.T.’s product lines include equipment for well stimulation, well workover and service, including drilling, coiled tubing, nitrogen pumping, cementing, acidizing and sand control equipment. Headquartered in Celle, Germany C.A.T. is vertically integrated: C.A.T. Construction GmbH, TACROM Service S.R.L., and TACROM Drilling S.R.L. among its sister companies.
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✭ COMPANY: SPECIALITY: AREA: ADRESS: CONTACT:
C.H. Robinson Logistics, Supply Chain Management Global Al. Jana Pawła II 29 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 653 65 30, email: tom.sullivan@chreurope.com
C.H. Robinson is one of the world’s largest third party logistics (3PL) providers offering multimodal transportation services and logistics solutions. In Poland, C.H. Robinson works with shale gas operators and service companies to manage air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, intra-continental distribution, documentation, and regulatory requirements.
COMPANY: Caterpillar SPECIALITY: Machine Construction AREA: Global ADRESS: 100 North East Adams Street, Peoria, Illinois USA 61629 CONTACT: tel.: (+1) 309 675 1000, www.cat.com Caterpillar provides equipment and services to the oil and gas industry including gas compression, land and offshore drilling, well servicing, work over rigs, mechanical drives for cranes, fire pumps, fracturing, pressure pumps, generator sets, power modules. Claims to be one of the market leaders in gas compression, drilling, and well servicing products.. COMPANY: CDM Smith SPECIALITY: Consulting, engineering, construction, permitting and operations AREA: Global ADRESS: Al. Jerozolimskie 123a, 02-017 Warsaw, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 22 551 93 00, email: warsaw@cdmsmith.com CDM Smith provides services in water, environment, transportation, energy and facilities. An engineering and construction firm, CDM Smith is employee-owned with its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the U.S.A. In Poland, the company provides environmental, construction and project management services to the oilfield and power sectors.
✭ COMPANY: SPECIALITY: AREA: ADRESS: CONTACT:
Cleantech Poland Commercial due dilligence Europe ul. Krucza 51/31, 00-022, Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 517 469 881, email: info@cleantechpoland.com
Cleantech Poland LLC is a consultancy for oil and gas, helping energy clients grow their business. Cleantech Poland LLC publishes EU EXPLORER, a commercial license rights and contact database, as well as the Shale Gas Investment Guide, a magazine about European unconventional oil and gas. We do commercial research for investors entering the CEE oil and gas markets, and introduce prospective parties to equity investors in their bid to raise equity and source debt.
COMPANY: Clear Solutions International SPECIALITY: Drilling fluids, Pumps, chemical and minerals for drilling AREA: Europe ADRESS: Unit B3, Wem Industrial Estate, Soulton Road, Wem, Shropshire SY4 5SD, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0) 1939 235 754, email: info@drilling-products.com Clear Solutions International Limited is an independent drilling fluid specialist, employing a team of geotechnical specialists and drilling fluids engineers across Europe.. COMPANY: Core Laboratories SPECIALITY: Reservoir description and management, production enhancement AREA: Global ADRESS: Herengracht 424, 1017 BZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 5586 244 641, email: saybolt.poland@corelab.com Core Laboratories provides reservoir description, production enhancement, and reservoir management services. Core Laboratories has 70 offices in 50 countries to increase total recovery from existing fields. Core Laboratories helps clients optimize their reservoir performance and maximize hydrocarbon recovery from their production fields, billing themselves as a “reservoir optimization company.” COMPANY: Discovery Drilling Equipment SPECIALITY: Drilling Rigs and Equipment AREA: Global ADRESS: Hanover Square, 16 Hanover Square, London – W1S 1HT, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 207 408 9494, email: info@discoveryde.com Discover Drilling is a private equipment and drilling rig manufacturing company in the oil and gas industry. Headquartered in London, with offices and representations in most major oil regions of the world including US, Canada, Middle East, Northern Africa, Russia and South East Asia. Discovery is a new name in the industry, after the company was formed by private investors on the basis of some rig/component building assets purchased in late 2008.
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COMPANY: DNV GL SPECIALITY: Consulting: Risk Management AREA: Global ADRESS: Palace House 3 Cathedral Street SE19DE London, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0)20 7357 6080 Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas (DNV GL) is a classification society organized as a foundation, with the objective of “safeguarding life, property, and the environment”. The organization’s history goes back to 1864, when the foundation was established in Norway to inspect and evaluate the technical condition of Norwegian merchant vessels. DNV describes itself as a provider of services for managing risk.
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DOW Microbial Control Plastics and chemicals Global Domaniewska 50A, 02-672 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 228 540 320
Dow Microbial Control is a provider of biocide and antimicrobial technologies that control & prevent growth of nuisance and dangerous micro-organisms. Products stress process preservation, formulation expertise, dry film fungicides, water treatment chemistry, sanitizing and disinfecting. Their expertise includes regulatory and toxicology, and function as a division of the parent company DOW.
COMPANY: DOW SPECIALITY: Chemicals, Lubricants, Gelling agents AREA: Global ADRESS: Domaniewska 50A, 02-672 Warsaw, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 228 332 222, www.easterneurope.dow.com The Dow Chemical Company, Dow, is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan in the USA. As of 2007, it is the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization. With a presence in 160 countries, it employs about 54,000 people and spends $1 billion annually on R&D. COMPANY: Drilltech SPECIALITY: Drilling equipment rental AREA: Global ADRESS: Greenwell Road, East Tullos, Aberdeen, AB12 3AX, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 122 424 9988, www.drill-tech.pl Drilltech Group is a specialist drilling rental tool company whose focus is supporting complex drilling such as ERD, deepwater, horizontal and HP/HT. Drilltech supplies drill strings with high torque capabilities and Spiro-Torq, a casing wear protection and torque reduction device. Achilles certified and ISO standards on equipment.
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DTZ Real estate services Poland, Global ul. Złota 59, 00-120 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 222 3000, email: info@dtz.pl
DTZ is a property services company, providing occupiers and investors with end-to-end property solutions, global and local market knowledge, forecasting and trend analysis. In the oil and gas markets, DTZ can help suppliers and logistics companies find commercial space for lease, as DTZ has experts who can help real estate assets throughout the CEE.
COMPANY: Duon SPECIALITY: Energy Trading AREA: Poland ADRESS: ul. Serdeczna 8, Wysogotowo k. Poznania, 62-081 Przeźmierowo, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 61 664 18 50, email: ir@duon.pl DUON Capital Group sells and distributes natural gas and trades in electricity. The origins of the Group activities date back to 2000. Currently DUON is one of the leading private providers of natural gas in Poland. Since 2011, it also has been building its position on the market of electricity trading. COMPANY: EkoTech Energy SPECIALITY: Waste management, treatement, effluents AREA: Global ADRESS: Aleje Jerozolimskie 96, 00-807, Warsaw, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 222 755 625, email: info@ekotechenergy.com EkoTech Energy is a privately company partly owned by Climate Equity Solutions. CES is an investment vehicle established in 2006 for investing in start-up companies. EkoEnergy offers technologies, products, and services aimed at the cleantech, renewable energy and waste management sectors.
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EUROPE UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANY: Emerson Process Management SPECIALITY: Production optimisation AREA: Global ADRESS: Horsfield Way, Bredbury, Stockport SK6 2SU, UK CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0) 870 240 1978 Emerson Process Management has an expertise and capabilities in all aspects of automation and information systems related to the production, transmission, and processing of oil and gas products. With industry and automation expertise, Emerson helps clients optimize their oil and gas operations and ensure the most efficient use of capital and resources. COMPANY: Ensign SPECIALITY: Drilling, well services, production and manufacturing AREA: Global ADRESS: H400 - 5th Avenue SW Calgary, Canada CONTACT: tel.: (+1) 403 262 1361 Ensign Energy Services Inc. is a land-based driller and well service provider for oil, natural gas and geothermal. Since Ensign’s launch in 1987, the Canada-based company has a drilling fleet characterized by proprietary technology such as Automated Drill Rig (ADR). With headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Ensign’s shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol ESI. COMPANY: ERC Equipoise SPECIALITY: All areas of upstream analysis AREA: UK, UAE, Libya ADRESS: 6th Floor Stephenson House, 2 Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon CR0 6BA, London, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0) 20 8256 1150, email: info@ercequipoise.com ERC Equipoise is an independent Reservoir Evaluation company, specialising in all areas of upstream analysis. We offer a variety of services from independent reserve audits, to expert witness testimonials, to technical reservoir consulting including geophysical and geological modeling and reservoir simulation. COMPANY: EurMidstream SPECIALITY: Midstream services AREA: Europe ADRESS: Chaussée de la Hulpe 120, 1000 Brussels, Belgium CONTACT: tel.: (+32) 266 317 63 anslester@eurmidstream.com EurMidstream is in the midstream oil and gas business from early stage production to commercial production. Services are offered during the testing and commercialization phases: testing involves CNG trucking and gas powered electricity generation. Commercialization involves design, construction and operation of facilities e.g. pipelines and associated infrastructure. COMPANY: Exalo Drilling S.A. SPECIALITY: Integrated oilfield services AREA: Africa, Europe, India, Pakistan, Russia ADRESS: Pl. Staszica 9, 64-920 Piła, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 67 215 13 00, email: marketing@exalo.pl Exalo, a Polish state owned services company, was formed by the merger of five PGNiG Group companies, Exalo Drilling is the largest service company in terms of the size of its drilling and workover fleet in the Polish onshore drilling market. Exalo works predominantly in Central and Eastern Europe, but has a presence in Asia and Africa, including Kazakhstan. COMPANY: Expro SPECIALITY: Well testing, wireline intervention, production systems AREA: Global ADRESS: Morton Peto Rd, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0LT, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 1493 600021, www.exprogroup.com Expro offers well flow management. They sell products and services that measure, improve, control and process oil and gas from wells. Expro’s areas of service include exploration and appraisal, subsea safety systems, drilling/completions, flowback/clean-up, production, well integrity and intervention. 40 years, 5,000 employees, across 50 countries. COMPANY: Fotech solutions SPECIALITY: Hydraulic fracturing, Borehole seismic, Gas lift, Flood front monitoring, Downhole leak detection AREA: UK, Canada, US ADRESS: Titan House, Redfields Industrial Estate, Redfields Lane, Church Crookham, Hampshire, GU52 0RD CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 1252 560 570 Fotech Solutions was established in 2008 to develop Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) solutions for the Oil & Gas, pipeline and security markets. A company founded with Venture Capital funding, Fotech includes Scottish Equity Partners and Energy Ventures among its primary investors, also drawing funds from the Shoabi Group. COMPANY: GE Oil & Gas SPECIALITY: Water treatment, oilfield equipment AREA: Global ADRESS: Ul. Emilii Plater 53, 00-113, Warsaw, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 22 520 53 53, email: piotr.bruzda@ge.com GE Oil & Gas provides equipment and services to the oil and gas industry. Products include drilling solutions: both on and offshore, subsea, enhanced oil recovery, unconventionals, LNG, power, refinery, gas storage and pipeline. 43,000 employees in 100 customers, GE is involved in the value chain from extraction to end-use. COMPANY: GEO-Data GmbH SPECIALITY: Wellsite services, environmental consulting AREA: Europe ADRESS: Carl-Zeiss-Str. 15, 30827 Garbsen, Germany CONTACT: tel.: (+49) 5131 46810, email: nadolny@geo-data.de Services in mudlogging, wellsite geology, laboratory services, and core analytics partner with GeoKrak Sp z o.o. as part of an expanded suite of services (surface logging, wellsite geology, cutting & gas sampling, and isotope analytics) for the Polish market. GEO-data documents and evaluates drilling data regarding geology, drilling and hydraulic peformance.
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COMPANY: Geo-Microbial Technologies (GMT) SPECIALITY: Geochemical Analysis AREA: Global ADRESS: 56 BoulevardSaint Michel 75006 Paris, France CONTACT: tel.: (+33) 148 103 007, email: gmt@gmtgeochem.com GMT reduces the risk of drilling dry holes by identifying positive hydrocarbon signatures at the surface. To do this they provide interpretation services. The two techniques they retail are microbial oil survey technique (MOST), where soil samples are tested for hydrocarbons and sorbed soil gas analysis (SSG) testing for the absorption of gas in soils. COMPANY: Geofizyka Kraków (PGNiG) SPECIALITY: Seismic services, well logging, data interpretation AREA: Poland, Austria, Slovakia ADRESS: ul. Łukasiewicza 3, 31-429 Kraków, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 122 991 200, email: marketing@gk.com.pl Geofizyka Kraków is a geophysical company that performs and analyzes seismic surveys. Geofizyka Kraków is a geophysical contractor, helping clients to explore hydrocarbon and geothermal. Services include seismic data acquisition, processing, interpretation, well logging and VSP services. State owned with a 50 year history.
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Geofizyka Toruń (PGNiG) Seismic services, well logging, data interpretation Europe, India, Egypt ul. Chrobrego 50, 87-100 Toruń, Poland tel.: (+48) 566 593 101, email: marketing@geofizyka.pl
Geofizyka Toruń provides geophysical services to the oil and gas exploration industry. The services are focused on conventional oil and gas, shale gas, geothermal deposits, and underground storage. State owned with a 50 year history, having worked in Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
COMPANY: Geokrak Sp z o.o. SPECIALITY: Geological services AREA: CEE ADRESS: ul. Mazowiecka 21, 30-019 Kraków, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 126 338 110, www.geokrak@geokrak.pl Since 1992, providing geological services associated with deep well exploration. It offers a combined suite of services (surface logging, wellsite geology, cutting & gas sampling, and isotope analytics) with their partner firm GeoData GmbH for the Polish market. Servicing the unshore unconventionals market as it develops in Poland. COMPANY: GeoLog SPECIALITY: Surface Logging AREA: Global ADRESS: 2 Rubislaw Terrace Aberdeen AB10 1XE, Scotland, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 782 156 9280, www.geologinternational.com GEOLOG International B.V. (“GEOLOG”) is an oilfield services company that does surface logging. GEOLOG’s mud logging services are centered on the optimization of the overall drilling times and costs of each well and the acquisition of good data to improve formation evaluation. GEOLOG services national and international oil companies, both onshore and offshore, across more than 35 countries. COMPANY: Geomage SPECIALITY: Seismic Processing AREA: USA, Europe, Russia ADRESS: 11011 Richmond Ave. Suite 225, Houston, Texas 77042, United States CONTACT: tel.: (+1) 832 7675918, www.geomage.com Geomage is a global company that provides seismic imaging technologies and services. Using an approach involving multi-focusing, geological modeling, and reservoir characterization for a diverse range of oil and gas companies. Multifocusing may be the only method able to obtain sufficient data for geological interpretation in areas characterized by complex geology, high noise or low-fold seismic data. COMPANY: GL Noble Denton SPECIALITY: Technical Service Provider AREA: Global ADRESS: Brooktorkai 18, 20457 Hamburg, Germany CONTACT: tel.: (+49) 403 614 90, email: glnobeldenton@gl-group.com GL Noble Denton is a technical service provider for the oil and gas industry. GL Noble Denton designs, builds, installs and operates oil and gas onshore, maritime and offshore assets to ensure safety, sustainability and superior value. GL Noble Denton are independent advisors providing consulting, design, assurance and project execution services. COMPANY: Ground-gas solutions ltd SPECIALITY: Monitoring, Laboratory Testing AREA: UK, Poland ADRESS: Greenheys, Manchester Science Park, Pencroft Way, Manchester, M15 6JJ, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 161 232 7465, email: info@ground-gassolutions.co.uk GGS provides a flexible approach to risk management and environmental monitoring to provide a cost-effective service. GGS utilises continuous ground gas monitoring, and other ‘Best Available Technologies’ (BAT), to acquire robust, authoritative data that is designed to provide confidence to regulators, local communities and interested third parties that no environmental damage has occurred.
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EUROPE UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANY: GSE Environmental SPECIALITY: Lining AREA: Global ADRESS: Orchideengarten 30 09125 Chemnitz, Germany CONTACT: tel.: (+43) 725 829 201, email: priegl@gseworld.com GSE retails environmental products such as geotextiles and membranes. Headquartered in Houston, GSE has manufacturing facilities in Texas, South Dakota and South Carolina. GSE laboratories are accredited by the Geosynthetic Accreditation Institute, and the company has manufacturing facilities in Chile, Germany, Thailand and Egypt. A history of 40 years and a global sales network. COMPANY: Halliburton SPECIALITY: Integrated oilfield services AREA: Global ADRESS: 53 Ul. Emilii Plater 53, WFC 26th Floor, 00-113, Warsaw, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 22 4707900, email: jerzy.wozniak@halliburton.com Halliburton is one of the world’s largest oilfield services companies with operations in 80 countries. It owns hundreds of subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands, and divisions and employs over 100,000 people. Halliburton provides a range of integrated oilfield services such as pressure pumping, wireline, coiltubing and wastewater. Some technologies are proprietary, such as clean stream that uses UV light to treat wastewater. COMPANY: Hardbanding Solutions SPECIALITY: Hardbanding, hard facing tool joints AREA: Global ADRESS: Hardbanding Solutions Europe, Scotland CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 7747 468345, email: colin.duff@hardbandingsolutions.com Postle Industries designs alloys for mining, farming, agriculture, recycling and manufacturing. Hardbanding Solutions, a trade name, moved the company into drill pipe, drill collars and casing/risers. Tuffband and Duraband are two of their proprietary products, and tool joint build-up wires and a non-magnetic hardbanding are two of their strategies for toughening up oil pipe in extreme conditions.
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HAYS Human Resources Global ul. Złota 59, 00-120 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 584 5650, email: warsaw@hays.pl
HAYS has operated in Poland since 2002 and provide professional services in recruitment for the executive business and industrial companies. HAYS has offices in Warsaw, Tricity (Gdynia), Katowice, Wrocław, Kraków, Lodz and Poznan. Hays Poland can find employees in Accountancy & Finance, Business Services, Construction & Property, Energy, Executive, IT, Manufacturing, Engineering and Sales/Marketing.
COMPANY: IHS SPECIALITY: Consultant Services AREA: Global ADRESS: ul. Jaśkowa Dolina 15, Gdansk, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+1) 888 906-8566, www.ihs.com IHS is a global information company with expertise in energy, economics, geopolitical risk, sustainability and supply chain management. IHS employs more than 8,000 people in 31 countries. In oil and gas, IHS has grown over the last 50 years through a series of acquisitions, including companies such as Reservoir Visualization, Geological Consulting Services and Environmax. COMPANY: IP Group SPECIALITY: Seismic permiting, compensation, human resources AREA: Poland ADRESS: ul. Elektryczna 2 00-346 Warsaw, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 604 601 050, email: izabela.kawczynski@interpermit.com IP Group entered the market in 2012 to provide human resources, permitting and compensation services on a government funded seismic contract. The company, under the leadership of Peter Turo, has expanded into human resources to the financial and insurance markets, alongside the energy markets. IP Group is a team of professionals with an emphasis on American style customer service. COMPANY: ITECO SPECIALITY: Production and Drill, Supply Chain Management AREA: Global ADRESS: An der Poent 62a, 40885 Ratingen, Germany CONTACT: tel.: (+49) 2102 99 69 70 ITECO is a supplier of Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) with a stronghold in the oil and gas supply industry for the past 18 years. With presence in more than 12 countries through its sales offices and stockyards. ITECO range from OCTG Products to Production and Drill Pipes to sophisticated and technical services like Supply Chain Management to Inspection and Engineering Services. COMPANY: ITS (Parker Drilling) SPECIALITY: Oilfield equipment and services AREA: Global ADRESS: Takelaarsweg 13, 1786 PR Den Helder, The Netherlands CONTACT: tel.: (+31) 88 1307 100, email: europesales@its-energyservices.com Parker Drilling (NYSE:PKD) provides drilling solutions to the energy industry: drilling services, rental tools and project management, including rig design, construction and operations management. Parker’s international fleet includes 25 land rigs and two barge rigs in strategic markets, and its U.S. fleet includes 13 barge rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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COMPANY: KAOLIN AD SPECIALITY: Sand, silica, proppants AREA: South-East Europe ADRESS: 8, Dabrava Str., 7038 Senovo, Bulgaria CONTACT: tel.: (+359) 84 612501 Silica and sand producer in Eastern-Europe, the 4th largest producer of sand in Europe. Provider of innovative solutions for ceramics and glass applications, construction materials and environmental applications.
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KCA DEUTAG Drilling, General Global Deilmannstrasse 1, 48455 Bad Bentheim, Germany Juergen Hesselink, Regional Commercial Manager Europe & Kazakhstan, tel.: (+49) 5922 72 608
KCA DEUTAG is an international oil and gas services company with headquarters in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. It has approximately 8,000 employees and operates in more than 20 countries. KCA DEUTAG is the merger of KCA Drilling and Deutag AG in 2001. The company has regional offices in Germany, Russia, the Middle East, the Caspian region, North and West Africa, Asia, Norway and across its wider operations. KCA Deutag has 61 land rigs and 39 offshore.
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Kerui Oil field equipment,drilling rigs,downhole tools, pipes,natural gas compressor Global ul. Domaniewska 44A, 02-672 Warsaw, Poland Magda Szostek, tel.: (+48) 784 772 88, email: magda.szostek@keruigroup.com
Kerui Group is a Chinese company based in the region of second largest Chinese oilfield. It is a fast-developed and comprehensive international enterprise group, which combines research and design of hi-tech petroleum equipment, technical service for oilfirled integrated engineering supply of oilfield comprehensive solution and EPC turnkey projects.
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Kidova Geological modeling North America, Europe, Australia 155 avenue Roger Salengro, F-92370 Chaville, France tel.: (+33) 1 47 09 09 49, email: contact@kidova.com
Since 1993, KIDOVA specializes in oil & gas, environment (soil, groundwater, air), geothermal and nuclear or hazardous waste disposal sectors: geostatistics, spatial and spatiotemporal data analysis and modeling, characterization and upscaling of porous and naturally fractured rock properties, simulation of single and multiphase flows in porous and fractured media, mesh or grid generation and optimization. KIDOVA’s services cover structural and geological modeling, research and development, consulting and expert studies.
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LMKR Software Support and Consulting, Seismic Processing Global 16th Floor, The H Dubai Office Tower, One Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, U.A.E. P.O. Box 62163 tel.: (+971) 4 3727911, email: EuroRussiaSales@lmkr.com
Founded in 1994, LMKR is a petroleum technology company with portfolio that includes reservior-centric interpretation, modeling and analytics software, mobile technology solutions, E&P data services as well as geoscience and information management consulting - all focused towards lowering the risk associated with exploration and production of conventional and unconventional resource plays.
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EUROPE UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANY: Linde Gaz Polska SPECIALITY: Gas, Egineering AREA: Poland ADRESS: Al. Jana Pawła II 41a, 31-864 Kraków, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 12 643 92 00, www.linde.pl Linde Gaz Polska is the local daughter of an international company specialized in the production and distribution of gas, including the delivery of integrated gas solutions, and the construction of industrial facilities. Employing some 62,000 people in around 100 countries, The Linde Group has a 100 year history and has been in Poland since 1993. COMPANY: Lokring Technology LLC SPECIALITY: Technology AREA: UK, Canada, US ADRESS: Little Orchard, Bardown Road Stonegate, East Sussex TN5 7EJ, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 7802 871688, email: rlansdowne@lokring.com LOKRING Technology is dedicated to the relentless pursuit of perfection in understanding and satisfying the industry’s fluid and gas connection requirements. Using state-of-the-art computer aided technology, LOKRING designs and produces fluid and gas transfer connectors on the market today COMPANY: Meehan Drilling SPECIALITY: Drilling AREA: UK ADRESS: 40 Kilmorey Street, Newry Co. Down, BT34 2DE, UK CONTACT: tel.: (+353) 28 3025 2678, email: info@meehandrilling.com Meehan Drilling specializes in drilling and ground engineering services to clients in the public, commercial, domestic and agricultural sectors. Established in 1972, the company offers a wide range of high quality water development, oil & gas drilling, trenchless installations and renewable energy services. With a head office in Co. Louth and a base in the UK, Meehan Drilling can get your holes drilled. COMPANY: MI-SWACO (Schlumberger) SPECIALITY: Drilling Fluids, Completions, Waste Management AREA: Global ADRESS: P.O. Box 42842 Houston, TX 77242, United States CONTACT: tel.: (+1) 832 628 9187, email: questions@miswaco.slb.com M-I SWACO offers systems and technologies for drilling, including drilling fluid systems engineered to improve drilling performance by anticipating fluids-related problems, fluid systems and specialty tools designed to optimize wellbore productivity, production technology solutions to maximize production rates, and environmental solutions that manage waste volumes generated in both drilling and production operations. M-I SWACO is owned by Schlumberger, an international oilfield services company.
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MND Drilling & Services Drilling Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, UK, Pakstan, Jemen Velkomoravská 900/405, 696 18 Lužice, Czech Republic tel.: (+420) 518 315 555, email: info-ds.mnd.cz
MND Drilling & Services is the largest drilling contractor in the Czech Republic, including oil, gas and geothermal exploration/ production drilling and well workovers to the drilling and completion of underground gas storage wells. Since 1999, a member of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC). Holder of the ČSN EN ISO 9001 Quality System Certificate, the ČSN EN ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certificate and the ČSN OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety Management Certificate.
COMPANY: NADRA Group SPECIALITY: Geological Services AREA: Eastern Europe ADRESS: 41-49 Agiou Nikolaou, Nimeli Court, Block C, 3rd floor 2408, Nicosia, Cyprus CONTACT: email: office@nadragroup.com NADRA GROUP provides a range of exploration works from regional geological evaluation to the field exploration and development, support of oil and gas, metallic and non-metallic minerals and ground water production throughout the life cycle of the field. NADRA GROUP works with production companies and governments of EU, COMPANY: National Oilwell Varco SPECIALITY: Oilfield services AREA: Global ADRESS: Badentoy Crescent, Portlethen, AB12 4YD, Aberdeen, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 1224 343 610, www.nov.com National Oilwell Varco (NOV) is an American multinational corporation based in Houston, Texas. NOV is a worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services. NOV conducts operations in over 1,160 locations across six continents, and operates through three reporting segments: rig technology, petroleum services & supplies, and distribution & transmission. COMPANY: Navigant SPECIALITY: Business Advisory AREA: Global ADRESS: 5th Floor, Woolgate Exchange, 25 Basinghall Street, London, UK CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 20 7469 1111, email: inquiries@navigant.com Navigant (NYSE: NCI) is a global expert services firm. Through senior level engagement with clients, Navigant professionals combine technical expertise in disputes and investigations, economics, financial advisory and management consulting, with business pragmatism in construction, energy, financial services and healthcare industries.
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NTS Construction Well pad construction Poland Rynek 26, 37-500 Jarosław, Poland tel.: (+48) 16 623 22 51, email: k.kolouszek@stabilizacje.net
NTS offers construction services to the oilfield. With a work history in highway construction and specializing in stabilization technologies, earthwork, roadwork, preparatory and finishing work. NTS staff has twenty years experience in implementing civil engineering construction projects.
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NUTECH Petrophysical, geological, field study, and well services Global 7702 FM 1960 East, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77346, United States Chris Hughes, tel.: (+44) 7785 261308, Stuart Large, tel.: (+44) 7966 475302, email: info@nutechenergy.com
NUTECH, visionary reservoir intellience, is a privately-owned global oilfield services company founded in 1998 by oilfield professionals who pioneered Nuclear Magnetic Resonance research and development. Headquartered in Houston, Texas with over 80 employees, NUTECH has offices in the US and internationally. NUTECH has analyzed 45,000 wells in over 80 countries.
COMPANY: Odfjell Well Services SPECIALITY: Drilling & Technology and Well Services business units AREA: Global ADRESS: Stephensonweg 18a 7741 KW Coevorden, The Netherlands CONTACT: Alex Ott; Charles Robinson, tel.: (+31) 524 527 000 Odfjell Drilling is a listed international drilling, well service and engineering company with 3000 employees and operations in more than 20 countries. COMPANY: Packers Plus SPECIALITY: Open hole, multi-stage completions equipment AREA: Canada, US, Middle East, Russia ADRESS: Bow Valley Sq. 2, Suite 2200, 205 - 5th Ave. SW, Calgary, Canada CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 791 715 4740, email: joel.appleton@packersplus.com Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. is a privately held, Calgary-based oilfield service company that provides completion equipment and services. The company specializes in multi-stage fracturing systems for open hole, horizontal wells. Multi-stage fracturing systems are used for hydraulic fracturing, or breaking up tight rock formations to enable release of oil and gas allowing for segmentation of horizontal wells into sections or stages such that they can be fractured. COMPANY: Paradigm SPECIALITY: Data management software, seismic processing AREA: Global ADRESS: Dukes Court Duke Street Woking, Surrey, GU21 5BH, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 1483 758 000, email: info@pdgm.com Paradigm is the largest independent developer of software-enabled solutions to the global oil and gas industry. Paradigm easy-to-use technology and workflows provide customers with deeper insight into the subsurface by combining leading-edge science, high-performance desktop and cluster computing, and scalable data management, delivering highly accurate results and productivity without compromise. COMPANY: PECOFacet SPECIALITY: Field services, Lab services, On-site testing, Traning classes AREA: Global ADRESS: Treforest Industrial Estate Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan South Wales CF37 5YL, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0) 1443 844141, email: uk@pecofacet.com With over 75 years of industry knowledge, engineering vision, ongoing research, and a network of resources, PECOFacet continually produces contaminant management solutions for an ever changing industrial landscape and an environmentally conscious world. COMPANY: Petrofac SPECIALITY: Oilfield Services AREA: Global ADRESS: 4th Floor, 117 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6HH, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 1224 650570 patrick.odonnell@spdltd.com Petrofac is an oilfield service company with 30 years experience. They work across the entire spectrum of the oil and gas asset life cycle, on either a stand-alone or integrated basis, under flexible commercial models which are tailored to a customer’s needs. Our teams: design and build oil and gas infrastructure, operate, maintain and manage assets and train personnel.
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PwC Consulting, Business Advisory, Auditing, Tax, Legal Global Al. Armii Ludowej 14, 00-638 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 523 4000, email: pwcpoland@pl.pwc.com
Provides oil and gas companies advisory, tax & legal, and auditing services. PwC, a global services company, has been in Poland for 20 years and there are 46 local partners. Having analyzed the proposed mining and geological law, PwC provides up to date information about the regulatory and tax environment for shale operators.
COMPANY: Rodelta Pumps International SPECIALITY: Pumps AREA: Global ADRESS: Enschedesestraat 234, 7552 CM Hengelo, The Netherlands CONTACT: tel.: (+31) 74 2455200, email: info@rodelta.com Rodelta Pumps International BV is a manufacturer of pumps, located in Hengelo in the Netherlands. With 60 years developing pumps, product example includes vertically-suspended, single casing volute line-shaft driven pumps whose applications include drinking water, marine, cooling water, fire fighting and whose performance flows up to 1200 m3/h, with heads up to 120 m.l.c. COMPANY: Salamander Group SPECIALITY: Water, Gas Monitoring technology AREA: UK ADRESS: Booths Hall, Chelford Road, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8GS, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0) 1565 757 817, email: info@salamander-group.co.uk Salamander Group identifies, funds and develops technology that meets the growing global demand for continuous asset monitoring that enables improved asset performance and risk management. COMPANY: Schlumberger SPECIALITY: All integrated well services AREA: Global ADRESS: Al. Jana Pawła II 25, 00-854 Warsaw, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 203 320 4900, email: szwolan@slb.com Schlumberger, an international oilfield service provider, was founded in 1926 by Conrad and Marcel Schlumberger. Today Schlumberger supplies the petroleum industry with services such as seismic acquisition and processing, formation evaluation, well testing and directional drilling, well cementing and stimulation, artificial lift, well completions, flow assurance and consulting, and software and information management. COMPANY: Scientific drilling SPECIALITY: All integrated well services AREA: Global ADRESS: Wellheads Crescent, Wellheads Industrial Estate Aberdeen AB21 7GA, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) (0) 1224 724535, email: info.scotland@scientificdrilling.com The company serves a diverse range of customers in all energy sectors. Besides participating in some of the most complex conventional and unconventional oil and gas projects in the world, SDI also has experience in working on geothermal wells and drilling horizontal laterals in coalbed methane reservoirs. COMPANY: Sibleco Europe SPECIALITY: Hydraulic fracturing sands producer AREA: Global ADRESS: Brookside Hall, Congleton Road, Sandback, CW11 4TF, Cheshire, United Kingdom CONTACT: tel.: (+44) 7764 959 383, email: energy@sibelco.eu Sibelco is a producer of hydraulic fracturing sands. Building on the experience and resources of our energy division in North America, we’re investing in developing new infrastructure to support the European shale gas industry.
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SSW Legal advice to oil & gas and mining entities Global Rondo ONZ 1, 00-124 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 544 87 00, www.ssw.pl
SSW Law Firm is providing legal advice to oil & gas and mining entities. SSW experts represent entrepreneurs in concession proceedings, environmental proceedings, investment proceedings, JV and M&A transactions. They have advised industry leaders during competitive concession proceedings before the Polish authorities, in relation to most natural resources available in Poland. SSW advises trade associations and industry members on the legislative process regarding amendment of the Geological and Mining Act and the Hydrocarbons Act.
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TECH-POMP SERWIS Water transfer and heating services and equipment rental Poland ul. Żegańska 1, 04-713 Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 604 261 994, email: info@watertransfer.eu, www.watertransfer.eu
TECH-POMP SERWIS provides services for oil & gas industry. We supply complete, leak free water and other liquid transfer installations including pumps for various applications (water, drilling fluid, mud, flowback), piping and all kind of accessories. We specialize in high capacity water transfer services to support hydraulic fracturing. We analyze carefully our customers needs to ensure that each project is thoroughly planned and executed, providing best engineering and technological value available.
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Tenaris provides a full range of quality casing and tubing, drill pipe, premium connections, pipe accessories, sucker rods, and coiled tubing for use in all types of oil and gas drilling and well completion activities. Exceptional services based on expertise of material selection and pipe handling. From a manufacturing center in Romania, Tenaris can serve the Baltic, Lublin and Podlasie basins in Poland. Also a plant in Italy.
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United Oilfield Services Drilling, completions, pressure pumping Poland Al. Jerozolemskie 123a, 02-017, Warsaw, Poland tel.: (+48) 22 1162 300, email: cezary.filipowicz@uos.pl
United Oilfield Services is an oilfield service company providing hydraulic fracturing, modern drilling, and seismic data acquisition services to the European oil and gas industry. Headquartered in Poland, UOS delivers equipment, technical expertise, and local on-site crews to provide customized solutions for customers. UOS is an equity backed startup who launched in 2011 to offer oilfield services.
COMPANY: US Steel Tubular Products SPECIALITY: Steel pipe supply AREA: United States, Europe ADRESS: Vstupny areal, 044 54, Kosice, Slovak Republic CONTACT: tel.: (+421) 55 673 9536, email: ekbeever@sk.uss.com Tubular products for all sectors of oil and gas industry. Extensive experiences in the North American shale markets allows US Stell to provide an unparalleled level of service. US Steel manages their supply chain from a factory and back-office in Slovakia. One of North America’s largest integrated steelmakers and the continent’s largest producer of energy tubular products. COMPANY: Weatherford SPECIALITY: All integrated well services AREA: Global ADRESS: ul. Krolewska 16, 00-103, Warsaw, Poland CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 226 451 330, email: eu@weatherford.com Specializing in innovative formation evaluation techniques, products and services that ensure well integrity and drilling reliability, novel reservoir completion and stimulation technology that optimizes recovery, and the industry's leading portfolio of artificial lift products and production optimization capavbilities, Weatherford develops and applies its specific technology, understanding and expertise to help its customers.
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Vallourec is a manufacturer and retailer of tubular solutions serving the energy markets (oil and gas, power generation). With 22,200 employees and sales of 5.3 billion euros in 2012 – including 78% from outside Europe – Vallourec has integrated manufacturing facilities integrated in more than 20 countries. Vallourec has five research and development facilities worldwide.
COMPANY: Weir Oil & Gas Division SPECIALITY: Pumping, proppant, water and flowlines AREA: Global ADRESS: Al. 3 Maja 9, 30-062 Krakow CONTACT: tel.: (+48) 126 328 469, email: sales.pl@weirminerals.com Weir Oil & Gas delivers services for customers from capital projects to long term asset management contracts for continuing operations both onshore and offshore. Services range from exploration and production through transportation, refining and storage. Weir has a portfolio of high performance pumps and safety critical equipment. COMPANY: Wellynx SPECIALITY: Engineering and Consultancy services AREA: Europe ADRESS: Viale G. D’Annunzio, 267 65127 Pescara, Italy CONTACT: email: info@wellynx.com Wellynx is an independent Italian company providing engineering and consultancy services to O&G Companies. Founded in 2011, Wellynx is composed by professionals with sound oilfield experience in various fields such as design and engineering, operations and maintenance, quality, health, safety & environment.
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Helping investors PSC maintains a presence on major industry events to facilitate communication within the industry and build social acceptance for private oil and gas investment. BY GABOR CHODKOWSKI-GYURICS
IN LATE NOVEMBER, Poland Shale Coalition exhibited at the Shale Gas World Europe 2014 conference in Warsaw, which welcomed over 500 attendees ranging from shale gas operators, local and national authorities to license holders, investors, and solution providers.
As was the case in previous year, PSC exhibited in the PSC Pavilion – a 10-meter by 10 exhibition space where clients could network and showcase. Guests could meet PSC members and representatives and discuss business matters over a cup of coffee, provided by the Pavilion’s bar.
PSC at Shale Gas World Europe 2014
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At the end of the first day of the conference, PSC’s signature whisky tasting event took place. This time, we invited Frank Thompson, unconventional resources business development manager at oilfield services company Schlumberger and whisky connoisseur, to lead it.
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Communication platform PSC strives to give private oil & gas investors a place to meet. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we gather key representatives for our monthly executive lunch meetings. BY GABOR CHODKOWSKI-GYURICS
THE MONTHLY PSC executive lunch meetings are an opportunity to stay in touch with the latest developments in the shale gas industry and discuss them with leading industry representatives. The January meeting offered a unique chance for Polandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shale industry to voice a collective message that could be taken to the January Gas Exporting Countries Forums (GECF) guest lecture series in Qatar. The belief in viability of Polish hydrocarbon development was bolstered by the fact many of the newcomers to the market, such as Palomar Natural Resources or Discovery Geo, have past experience with hydrocarbon exploration in Poland. Parker Snyder, PSC President of the Board, was invited by the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to take part in its lecture series. On January 18th, Mr. Snyder presented to 80 senior diplomats and company managers in Qatar on the current state of shale gas development in Poland and Europe in general
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THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY An American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan in the USA. As of 2007, it is the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization.
SAN LEON ENERGY An independent oil and gas exploration company and Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading shale gas company by acreage. The company has a portfolio of assets located in Poland, Morocco, Albania, Ireland, Spain and Italy. www.sanleonenergy.com
KERUI Chinese company based in the region of second largest Chinese oilfield. It is a fast-developed and comprehensive international enterprise group, which combines research and design of hi-tech petroleum equipment, technical service for oilfirled integrated engineering supply of oilfield comprehensive solution and EPC turnkey projects. www.keruigroup.com
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KCA DEUTAG An international oil and gas services company with headquarters in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. It has approximately 8,000 employees and operates in more than 20 countries. www.kcadeutag.com
NTS NTS offers construction services to the oilfield. With a work history in highway construction and specializing in stabilization technologies, earthwork, roadwork, preparatory and finishing work. NTS staff has twenty years experience in implementing civil engineering construction projects. www.stabilizacje.net
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POLAND SHALE COALITION NUTECH is a U.S. based global oilfield consultancy providing reservoir optimization and evaluation services including optimization of existing wells. www.nutechenergy.com
BALTIC CERAMICS Baltic Ceramics retails proppants and other products used in the extraction of hydrocarbons from unconventional oil and gas formations. Baltic Cerammics is the first proppant distributor on the Polish market, and aims to build a large production facility through both private and public funding sources.
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was founded in 2013 to advocate for the human safe and environmentally friendly production of gas from shales.
CLEANTECH is a consultancy for oil and gas providing representation services. Cleantech Poland publishes the Shale Gas Investment Guide and the magazine Cleantech. www.cleantechpoland.com
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Poland Shale Coalition is proud to introduce its newest member, Aggreko Polska. Aggreko Polska is the regional office of Aggreko plc, the world’s largest temporary power company and a major supplier of temperature control equipment. Listed on the London Stock Exchange (AGK.L), Aggreko is a member of the FTSE-100 index, and is headquartered in Scotland. Aggreko plc is the world leader in the supply of temporary power and temperature control solutions and provides solutions to customers who need them either very quickly, or for a short or indeterminate length of time. Aggreko employs over 7000 people operating from over 200
countries. In 2014 over 55,000 customers assignments were completed and the company had revenues of approximately GBP 1.6 billion (USD 2.6 billion, EUR 2 billion). Aggreko aims to provide a consistent power supply to all regions facing acute power shortage through its power rental solutions and technical services, especially those bearing major obstacles for smooth industrial power generation.
We provide complete power management services for your Oil and Gas business: • Fleet management • Fleet maintenance • Fleet deployment • Power site safety • Future planning • Remote monitoring • Reporting
“Aggreko has showed professionalism and we will certainly look to collaborate with them again in future projects as well as recommending them to our affiliates”
Contact details: Aggreko Eastern Europe Soseaua de Centura 7A, Tunari, Ilfov, 077180, Romania T: +40 31 405 22 08 , M: +40 752 225 985
Nicusor Nacu, Department Manager of Energy Efficiency Program, OMV PETROM S.A.
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Shale Gas World Europe The fifth Shale Gas World Europe upheld its status as a leading conference and trade fair for the unconventional gas industry in Europe. The event, taking place on November 25-26th, featured a series of interviews, workshops, debates, and roundtables. BY GABOR CHODKOWSKI-GYURICS
The Shale Gas World Europe - Warsaw conference is in its 5th year
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Panelists, including Paweł Żuk of Hutton Energy, and Marcin Zięba of OPPPW, in conversation with moderator Paweł Poprawa of ISE
The event featured a number of country-focused roundtables
The Poland Shale Coalition exhibited in a 10 m x 10 m pavilion
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Frank Thompson, Schlumberger, led a whisky tasting event at the PSC Pavilion; among those sampled was the Irish blended whisky Jameson
Cezary Filipowicz of UOS leads a roundtable discussion
Arne Kvamsdal of Halliburton at left with his colleagues
The PSC Pavilion featured both networking and exhibition space, as well as its own coffee bar
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Shale Gas World UK The third Shale Gas World UK conference brought together all parties interested in the future of Great Britain’s shale industry, ranging from license holder and operators, to government representatives. BY GABOR CHODKOWSKI-GYURICS
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THE APRIL 15-16 conference sought to cover the unique opportunities and challenges faced by the country, such as the outcome of 14th UK licensing round, shale’s role in solving country’s energy woes, as well as issues regarding issuing permits and local communities concerns.
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