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Exxon's Polish Fracking Plans Hit Air Pocket

Forbes -- Exxon Mobil announced that the gas flow from its two exploratory wells drilled in Poland did not justify bringing them into production. [1]

Analysts have speculated that the technical challenges associated with shale exploration in the country made it commercially non-viable to explore the resources.

If so, this would be a major setback for Exxon’s plans to expand shale exploration in Europe as Poland has some the best shale prospects in the region and the government has been eager to exploit the resources to reduce dependence on Russian gas. Competitor Chevron is also drilling exploratory wells in Poland.


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honda0105
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 6:05:09 AM

at least Europe will be a place of fresh drinking water that's not as polluted by fracking as it has been in the US and Canada.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 1:42:47 PM

what the PFP....Polish Fracking Plan
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 8:32:23 AM

Is this a "Polish joke"?
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 4:16:19 AM

OK
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 1:04:51 AM

They have the MONEY let them spend it.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 12:26:31 AM

I never really understood fraking...but lets see how this works outs.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 12:16:51 AM

Those who assume fraking is all bad should do more research. If they did enough research into the subject, they would find only a very small percent of fraking wells cause any problem & those should have not been permitted from the onset as they were too shallow and too near deep water supplies. Otherwise as for waste water, like all Manufacturing or any industry with chemical waste it has to be properly disposed of to prevent problems. Nuclear waste is far more deadly for thousands of years.
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ok
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 12:04:26 AM

I am so happy that Poland has been spared.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 12:03:55 AM

If "everyone" said not cost effective, why did they do it?
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 11:59:37 PM

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Who fracking GIVES A WHOOT
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 11:45:25 PM

If "everyone" said not cost effective, why did they doo it?
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 11:44:44 PM

how do you say "Frack it baby" in Polish?
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Drill in the USA in the Marcellus Shale....jobs and energy.
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what is normal rate of gas wells being brought into production
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Interesting
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At the end of the day it's a business. If it isn't profitable they won't go after it.
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No fracking way
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Yes fracking way.
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Ok
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Ok
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No fracking way.
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Keep on working...
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 11:17:23 PM

Good for Poland.
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 11:16:19 PM

It took decades of loss of freedom for these iron curtain countries to appreciate an economic opportunity such as this. I hope that we wont need to experience these losses before we begin to appreciate how well we actually have it now.
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ha
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Keep looking!
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 11:10:54 PM

I too think we have plenty of gas here then in other countries...am I wrong
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We got plenty of gas over here.
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 11:06:16 PM

Interesting.
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nothing is perfect all the time.
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 10:59:17 PM

I am sure that Exxon has lost a lot of money on this exploration that didn't prove to be commercially viable. People forget how much "big" oil spends to gain the profits that they make.
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I'll bet there'll be plenty more of those "OOPSes" in the US, too.
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OOOPS!
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All-righty.
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Keep up great work exxons
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beats solyndra
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 10:47:12 PM

These are "technological challenges" worth solving. The Poles are good people. When these problems are solved both the oil companies and the people of Poland will benefit.

You may find kielbasa served at a future fracking rig. But no brie... to many "watermellon" NIMBY's in that part of Europe.
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 10:45:49 PM

I definitely think there needs to be more studies done in this area. They can afford it & if it's safe it will pay off in the end.
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Did they find any kielbasa ?
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Keep looking!
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Insert Polack joke here...
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Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 10:32:56 PM

Ok, Exxon, did not do your due diligence, eh????????????
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Ok
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