This case investigates the best way to manage the political risks of using a controversial energy extraction technology in the European Union. San Leon Energy, an energy business in Irish, was devoted to developing huge unconventional shale gas reserves in Poland. To attain these reserves, San Leon required to utilize a technique called hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"). Starting in USA during the early 2000s, fracking involved pumping a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into a reservoir at high pressure to break shale formations, releasing gas to flow the well up. The natural gas developed by this process delivered an appreciably cleaner energy alternative to coal.
Moreover, since big, formerly inaccessible shale gas reserves were located in the USA, Canada, China, and parts of Europe, fracking had the potential. Yet in 2011 and 2012, environmental demonstrations worldwide grew, causing parts of Germany, Switzerland, and several nations, including Bulgaria, France, Ireland, Romania, as well as the United Kingdom to issue temporary fracking bans.
San Leon Energy Hydraulic Fracturing in Poland case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: September 11, 2012 PRODUCT #: IB101-PDF-ENG
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