Saturday, August 16, 2014

Kiev fights in Ukraine’s southeast for shale gas deposits to be controlled by US (Aleksey Pushkov)

The control over Ukraine’s southeast is important for Kiev first of all because of the shale gas deposits, which Western countries should be developing, head of the State Duma’s international affairs committee Aleksey Pushkov said on Saturday....

“Kiev is fighting in Ukraine’s east for the gas reserves: Germany says the reserves make 5,578 billion cubic metres (bcm) [the U.S. reserves are 8,976 bcm]. Control will be from the U.S.,” he wrote on Twitter.
The Yuzivska shale gas field is at the border between the Kharkov and Donetsk regions. The resources are estimated at over four trillion cubic metres. In May 2012, British-Netherlands Shell won the competition for development. Another company, certified for development of deposits in the Dnepropetrovsk-Donetsk area is Ukraine’s Burisma, where recently son of the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden became a member of the board of directors.

Residents of Slavyansk, which is the centre of the Yuzivska deposit, within several past year organised protests against development of the deposit. They even planned to organise a referendum on the issue.

Ecologists are concerned about consequences from hydrofracturing used in production of shale gas. 

They say the chemicals used are highly poisonous and may affect not only water, but also the air. Experts say utilisation of poisonous substances is still an overdue issue worldwide. The media report many countries have refused from developing deposits of the kind in their own territories - the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and France.
 http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/745305
16/8/14
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  1. Kiev combat dans l'Est de l'Ukraine pour le gaz de schiste (Pouchkov)...

    Le contrôle du Sud-est de l'Ukraine est important pour Kiev, en premier lieu, en raison des réserves de gaz de schiste dans cette région. Selon l’Allemagne, ces réserves représentent 5578 milliards de mètres cubes. C'est ce qu'a déclaré le chef de la commission de la Douma (chambre basse du parlement) pour les affaires étrangères, Alexeï Pouchkov.

    Selon Pouchkov, des entreprises occidentales prétendent à l'exploitation minière dans cette zone.

    Dans la ville de Slaviansk, située dans le centre de champ Iouzovsky, les manifestations contre ces plans ont eu lieu à plusieurs reprises au cours des dernières années. Les écologistes s'inquiètent des conséquences qui pourraient être causées par la technologie d’extraction du gaz de schiste.
    Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_08_16/Kiev-combat-dans-lEst-de-lUkraine-pour-le-gaz-de-schiste-Pouchkov-0574/
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