Austria
- Ongoing shale gas leasing, Vienna basin being studied (World Oil 2012)
- OMV abandons plans for shale exploration (Reuters Sept. 2012)
- Restrictive shale laws, introduced law requiring a
detailed environmental inspection before each project (Reuters Sept. 2012)
Czech Republic
- Environment Ministry granted Cuadrilla Morava and BasGas Energia exploration licenses in 2011, then suspended and under review in 2012 (OSW 2012 Report, Shale Gas in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Romania)
- Czech government proposed temporary ban on shale gas exploration with permitting regulations to come out after the ban (Bloomberg 2012)
Hungary
- Falcon/TMX Oil & Gas Hungary doing exploration work, Falcon Oil signed $20M deal with NIS to drill exploration wells (Market Wire News Jan 2013)
- ExxonMobil joint venture in 2008-2009, ExxonMobil left (Natural Gas Europe)
- Ascent Resources, Delquadra, and Aspect/HHE conducting exploratory operations (Natural Gas Europe)
Slovakia
- OMV and NAFTA conducting seismic and exploration work in Vienna basin (Oil & Gas Journal)
- NAFTA continues to focus on shale exploration activities (KPMG 2012 Central and Eastern European Shale Gas Outlook p. 79)
Slovenia
- Ascent Resources completed a successful fracture well in 2011, in 2012 was negotiating a farm out of its tight gas project in Slovenia (Natural Gas Europe)
Written by Anna Leonenko, Research Fellow
Penn State Law, Agricultural Law Center
May 2013
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