Tag: Shell

  • Fracking

    August 17, 2022
    Everyone seems to have given up on fracking for shale gas in the Karoo. Everyone except for the politicans, that…
  • Rain

    November 18, 2013
    When stormclouds rumble over the drought-parched Karoo, prayers of gratitude rise along with the irresistible fragrance of rain on dry…
  • Shale Gas Briefing, Graaff-Reinet

    November 17, 2015
    An expert team recently visited the Karoo to inform and seek input around shale gas and fracking. But why did…
  • Jan-Willem Eggink

    June 10, 2015
    Shell held a public meeting in Cradock on Monday 8 June 2015, but no one could quite figure out why.
  • Karoo and Shepherd's Tree

    March 17, 2015
    Shell has just pulled back from Karoo shale gas. Why on earth would a multinational oil and gas company do…
  • Karoo Basin shale concessions

    January 23, 2015
    Register and comment now on the plans of would-be frackers Bundu and Falcon to explore for shale gas in the…
  • June 18, 2014
    The ANC is dead keen on fracking for gas in the Karoo. But Saliem Fakir doubts the US shale boom…
  • May 24, 2014
    All this fuss about fracking in the Karoo, yet farming completely outclasses it in proven jobs, food security, and wealth…
  • Fracking

    March 9, 2014
    Oil and gas exploration in South Africa was knocked sideways by the South African Government in 2014. How does this…
  • Jeanie le Roux of Treasure Karoo Action Group

    March 8, 2014
    The Karoo needs baseline testing of its groundwater before shale gas exploration and fracking begins. The first official sample has…