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Bulgaria considers shale ban
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. energy company Chevron could get the nod to examine shale gas deposits in Bulgaria only if there are guarantees regarding safety, the government said.
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Bulgaria considers ban on hydraulic fracking
Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas.
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Bulgaria Scraps Full Ban on Shale Gas Exploration, Extraction
Bulgaria's Parliament did not support the bill proposed by the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) that envisioned a full ban on the exploration and extraction in the country. 123 out of the total of 240 MPs in Bulgaria's single-chamber Parliament voted against the bill, while 43 were in favor and 66 abstained from voting. Prior to Wednesday's vote, Valentin Nikolov, a key lawmaker from ...
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Bulgaria MPs to Vote Ban on Hydrofracking Technology
Bulgaria's parliament will vote on Wednesday the proposed ban on the use of hydrofracking technology in the extraction and exploration of gas and oil in Bulgaria. The text is included in a draft proposal of the Parliamentary group of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB. The proposal points out that the ban includes the use any technology involving ...
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Bulgaria considers ban on hydraulic fracking
Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas.
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Summary Box: Bulgaria bans Chevron from fracking
BULGARIA BLOCK: Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas.FRACTURED: The technique, ...
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Bulgaria bans San Ramon-based Chevron from using 'fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government said U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas in the country using the extraction technique known as "fracking." Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said that under Tuesday's decision "Chevron can still have the right to test for oil and gas, but without using the controversial technology of hydraulic fracturing." He said San Ramon-based ...
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Bulgaria bans Chevron fracking
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says US oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas in the country using the extraction technique known as "fracking." read more
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Bulgaria says Chevron cannot use 'fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas there using an environmentally risky technique known as "fracking."
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Summary Box: Bulgaria bans Chevron from fracking
BULGARIA BLOCK: Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas.
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Bulgaria Mulls Permanent Ban on Hydrofracking Technology
The ban on the use of hydrofracking technology in the extraction and exploration of gas and oil in Bulgaria will be permanent. The text is included in a draft proposal of the Parliamentary group of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, which will be submitted in the Parliament on Wednesday. The proposal points out that the ban includes the use any ...
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Bulgaria says Chevron cannot use 'fracking' technique in search for shale gas
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas there using an environmentally risky technique known as "fracking."
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Bulgaria Should Aim for Joining Club of Rich Nations ? Ex Foreign Minister
Bulgaria's long-term goal should be its accession to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and even the G20 club of rich countries, according to former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy. Passy spoke during a discussion on the fifth anniversary of Bulgaria's accession to the EU organized by the Economic Policy Institute with the support of the Friedrich Ebert ...
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Bulgaria bans Chevron from using 'fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas in the country using the extraction technique known as "fracking."Energy Minister Traicho ...
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Bulgaria: Chevron Can't Use 'Fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says Chevron cannot explore for shale gas using an environmentally risky technique known as 'fracking.' Topics:
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Bulgaria's GERB Lifts Chevron Shale Gas License
The cabinet of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, withdrew Tuesday its decision granting rights to sign a contract with the US company "Chevron." The news was reported by the Minister of Economy and Energy, Traicho Traikov, speaking after the meeting of the Council of Ministers. ...
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Liberty Energy Provides an Update on the Deventci-R1 Discovery Well, Bulgaria
HOUSTON -- Liberty Energy Corp. (OTCBB:LBYE.OB) ("Liberty" or "the Company") provides an update on the Deventci-R1 discovery well, Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria says Chevron cannot use 'fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas there using an environmentally risky technique known as "fracking."Energy Minister ...
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Bulgaria Dismantles Mutro-Baroque 'Jesus the Redeemer'
An awkward, mutro-baroque replica of Rio de Janeiro's icon - Christ the Redeemer - overlooking Bulgaria's second-biggest city of Plovdiv, will be toppled, local authorities have decided. The statue of Christ the Redeemer with open arms, originally a symbol of peace, was erected on a seven-floor hotel in the center of the city, owned by Bulgarian rapper and pimp Ivan Glavchev aka Vanko 1, in line ...
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Bulgaria Miners Keep Up Strike, Electricity Hike Looms
The effective strike of miners at Bulgaria's state-owned coal mining company Maritsa Iztok Mines is entering its third day on Tuesday, with protesters demanding a cash bonus. The joint Strike Committee of Bulgaria's two main labor unions ? the Confederation of Independent Syndicates in Bulgaria, KNSB, and Podkrepa Labor Confederation (Support) reported Monday morning that more than 95% of the ...
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