Quebec Cracks Door Open for Shale Development

摘要

The Quebec government said the significant oil and gas reserves discovered on Anticosti Island are both "technically and environmentally viable" following the release of a raft of studies commissioned by the province's Strategic Environmental Assessment. The decision opens the door for shale development in the province, albeit only a crack, since Quebec's environmental review board ruled a year ago that employing hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from shale offers more risks than benefits for the province (NGW Dec.22'14).