WBJ: PGNiG to investigate shale gas problems

Poland's natural gas giant PGNiG plans to carry out research to find out why no company has so far managed to find commercial levels of shale gas in Polish deposits. The work will be carried out by the company's experts in cooperation with the AGH University of Science and Technology and the Oil and Gas Institute.

PGNiG hopes that the expert group will gather enough information to state whether there is enough gas in the deposits that the company has rights to. It should also define the reasons for the lack of success so far. Results of the probe should be available by the end of this year, PGNiG's acting CEO Jerzy Kurella told Rzeczpospolita.  MORE