The proposed regulations and minimum requirements apply to the exploration and production of onshore oil and gas that requires hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, a process of...
DetailsFor cash-strapped South Africans facing multiple price hikes and a long-term energy crisis, this could be good news. By MARELISE VAN DER MERWE. Just over a fortnight ago, Interwaste – a JSE-listed South African waste management company – announced that it had launched South Africa's first Refuse-Derived Fuel plant.
DetailsCAPE TOWN, July 14 (Reuters) – South Africa has released new draft rules for public comment for onshore shale gas fracking, four years after the Supreme Court of Appeal set aside regulations ...
DetailsWith initial results indicating that the Middle East-North Africa region holds significant unconventional resources and with rising local gas demand, operators have begun assessing the viability of tight gas and shale gas projects. However, production in these oil-rich but often gas-short countries faces challenges, among them high-pressure ...
DetailsIn South Africa, the primary legislation governing petroleum resources 11 – the regulatory category into which shale gas would fall – is the Mineral and Petroleum Resources 2 See Tracy-Lynn Humby "'One environmental system': aligning the laws on the environmental management of mining in South Africa" (2015) 33(2) Journal of Energy ...
DetailsSouth Africa is in the midst of a heated energy debate. Africa's wealthiest nation sits on top of one of the world's largest shale gas reserves. While the government has lifted its moratorium on shale gas exploration, the controversial hydraulic fracturing technique, "˜fracking', is still restricted as the country weighs environmental risks against …
DetailsIt's been nearly a decade since South Africa lifted a freeze on shale gas exploration, but the resource-rich nation's potential …
DetailsGiven this, there is every expectation that shale gas production in South Africa would also contain high salinity formation water that follows fracking, as has been the experience from the USA so far.
DetailsThe landscape of global energy is undergoing a transformative shift, with shale oil and gas resources playing an increasingly pivotal role. As nations grapple with the dual challenges of meeting burgeoning energy demands and transitioning towards sustainable sources, the exploration and development of shale reserves have emerged …
DetailsReserves of shale gas in South Africa have been estimated to be the fifth largest globally, with current estimates placing reserves at 500 trillion cubic feet (tcf), although this figure can only be proved by exploration.1,2 …
DetailsThese include a report on the technical readiness for a shale gas industry in South Africa, a strategic environmental assessment on shale gas development commissioned by the Department of ...
DetailsThe Barremian-Cenozoic depositional sequences in the northern Orange Basin, SW, South Africa, were investigated using the principles of seismic stratigraphy to understand the interplay of tectonics and sedimentary processes in the distribution of potential hydrocarbon reservoirs. A seismic stratigraphic workflow (seismic sequence, …
DetailsSouth Africa has released new draft rules for public comment for onshore shale gas fracking, four years after the Supreme Court of Appeal set aside regulations governing hydraulic fracturing in ...
DetailsMineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe says that his department has discovered pockets of shale gas in the Karoo basin. Previous estimates have predicted that South Africa could have ...
DetailsShale gas is found in the microscopic pores of shale rock. The gas is difficult to extract, requiring a process called horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Over recent years, Shell and other companies …
DetailsSouth Africa shale gas breakeven price would be over USD 13.7 per GJ. An extensive and expensive exploration programme is required prior to development. Process of achieving full-scale development ...
Detailsoccurrences in South Africa. South Africa is the world's largest producer of andalusite and has the largest andalusite resources. Other note worthy andalusite deposits is in France, China and Peru. The deposits in France, China and Peru occur in dynamic metamorphic areas, whereas the most of the South African deposits are related to thermal ...
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DetailsUtilising the National Development Plan (2012) and the Constitution of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996), a 20 year, overarching Vision for shale gas development in South Africa was developed: If shale gas development occurs, it is guided by evidence-based policies, robust regulatory frameworks and capacitated institutions in a manner that is ...
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DetailsIn a move hailed by one oil industry executive as a "major milestone", Petroleum Agency South Africa (Pasa) has begun processing shale gas applications received before the government imposed a licensing moratorium in February 2011. The applications relate to Chevron and Falcon Oil and Gas' joint venture, Shell South Africa Upstream, and …
DetailsMineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe says that his department has discovered pockets of shale gas in the Karoo basin. Previous estimates have predicted that South Africa could...
DetailsSouthern Africa's gas potential has been revealed by major discoveries that, when developed, widen options for greater regional energy trade. South Africa's unconventional gas potential remains to be quantified but raises the prospect of possible domestic production in the longer term. Globally the natural gas industry has
DetailsUndertake a scientific assessment process grounded in transparency and participatory processes; Assess the risks and opportunities of all Strategic Issues related to shale gas development using credible processes and a …
DetailsSouth Africa is poised to move forward with shale gas development through hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," exploring what experts believe to be the eighth largest shale gas …
DetailsThe Karoo Basin of South Africa ( Fig. 1) is another prime example and one where shale gas development is underway, as it may contain up to 390 trillion cubic feet (the equivalent of 11 trillion ...
DetailsThe black line delineates the potential area defined by Mowzer and Adams (2015). ... After production, the re-establishment of equilibrium well pressures can foster hydraulic fluid migration along pathways. ... eastern Cape, South Africa: implications for the shale gas potential of the Karoo basin. S. Afr. J. Geol., 118 (3) (2015), pp. 249-274 ...
Detailsexported to the Middle East, Africa and Europe making South Africa the 6th largest global coal exporter (Chamber of Mines of SA, 2018). In 2016 South Africa exported by volume 28% of the coal produced worth R 50.5 billion (45% of the total sales). The remainder as utilized in-house attained a value of R 61.5 billion (Chamber of Mines of SA, 2018).
DetailsSouth Africa has been considering shale gas development in the Karoo – an arid part of the country that spans more than 400 000 square kilometres – to add to its energy mix.
Details1.1. Development of shale gas in South Africa. The Shale Gas project aims to target the carbonaceous shales of the Ecca and Dwyka Groups, but the stratigraphic units in question vary in lithological makeup along strike as one proceeds from the Cape to the Free State/Natal (KZN) regions.
DetailsSouth Africa to Issue Shale-Gas Permits in First Quarter . Oct 23, 2013South Africa plans to issue licenses permitting exploration of shale-gas reserves in the first quarter, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said. ... south africa gold ore grinder production line. south africa gold ore grinder production line. Gold mining equipment ...
DetailsNot only could the exploitation of deposits of lower carbon shale gas – if found, result in the provision of affordable and safe energy: it is also a potential source …
DetailsFive Technical Cooperation Permits have been issued for Shale Gas exploration. South Africa is ranked between fourth and eighth for shale gas exploration potential with ~390 tcf of recoverable resource. The …
DetailsThe hosts to gold around the Witwatersrand Basin span over 400 my, through 14 km of stratigraphy in a variety of host rocks and in tectonic settings that include periods of rifting, thermal subsidence, foreland basin, flood basalt outpouring, graben development, and further thermal subsidence. A geological model that assumes placer …
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DetailsAndalusite in South Africa* by P.W. OVERBEEKt SYNOPSIS The occurrence, properties, and uses of andalusite, and its advantages over other refractory minerals and materials, ... site mine on the Timeball Hill shale, and four processing plants are currently in operation, with an annual produc-tion of close to 120000 t. It is by far the largest ...
DetailsThe presented study is devoted to a comparative review of the mineral raw material base of platinum group metals (PGMs) and technologies of their processing in South Africa and Russia, the largest ...
DetailsThe potential for developing substantial shale gas deposits in South Africa's environmentally sensitive Karoo region, has attracted the interest of energy majors like Shell, who lost out on the initial development of shale oil and gas in the USA, and of the ANC government, which seeks to revive flagging economic growth, resolve an unfolding …
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