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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10811

21 March 2013
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) energy
Oettinger supports development of shale gas

Brussels, 20/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger has said that Europe should not turn its back on the shale gas option. He considers that shale gas extraction would increase the EU's energy security and reduce its competitive disadvantage with the US. Addressing the European Parliament's energy committee on Tuesday 19 March, he said: “I think the shale gas option isn't one we should reject”. Even though, in the mid-term, Europe will not be able to produce...

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