Shale Gas in South Africa: Unrealized Potential
Summary. In theory, South Africa has a nearly unmatched potential to become a significant shale gas producer. The country's roughly 13 trillion cubic meters of estimated shale gas reserves, believed to be located entirely in the Karoo Basin, rank fifth among the world's largest known estimated reserves. Moreover, given its industry …
Shale Gas Processing Equipment Market: Analysis of …
The global Shale Gas Processing Equipment market size was valued at USD 5989.23 million in 2022 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 11.0% during the forecast period, reaching USD 11202.21 ...
Shale gas development in South Africa
Results from exploration: small, but economically viable, shale gas resource. Approximately 5 Tcf of gas is produced from 550 wells on about 55 wellpads in one 30 x 30 km production block. Downstream development results in a 1 000 megawatt (MW) combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station located less than 100 km from the production block.
Upstream Oil & Gas in South Africa | South African …
Five 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 …
(PDF) Shale gas in the Karoo Basin: An opportunity …
Highlights South Africa has significant shale gas potential in the Karoo. Internationally, LNG delivered prices are currently below USD 10 per GJ. South Africa shale gas breakeven price...
(PDF) South African shale gas economics: Analysis …
South 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 …
Govt's push for Karoo shale gas: Ten new exploration blocks …
South Africa will auction at least 10 new onshore blocks for shale gas exploration in the environmentally sensitive Karoo region, a government official told Reuters, as the country eyes alternative energy sources to ease its worst-ever power crisis. South Africa's first competitive auction for oil and gas resources, expected in 2024 or 2025 ...
Evidence-based and participatory processes in support of shale …
Considering South Africa's comprehensive regulatory system, it remains clear that if shale gas development is to find local traction over the following decades, the decisions that lead to that ...
Seismic Imaging of Dolerite Sills in the Karoo Basin, with
We used a standard post-stack migration but focused on important processing steps required for high-resolution ... The dolerite line, south of which no dolerite intrusions ... Seismic imaging of sills, dykes and hydrothermal vents in the Main Karoo Basin, South Africa: implications for shale gas potential Paper presented at the …
Shale Gas Processing Equipment Global Market Report 2024
29.1. Africa Shale Gas Processing Equipment Market Overview 29.2. Africa Shale Gas Processing Equipment Market, Segmentation By Component, Historic and Forecast, 2018-2023, 2023-2028F, 2033F, $ Billion 29.3. Africa Shale Gas Processing Equipment Market, Segmentation By Process, Historic and Forecast, 2018-2023, 2023-2028F, 2033F, $ …
Fracking it in South Africa: an argument for shale …
At 485 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, the shale reserves in South Africa surpass those of Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Poland, where Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called natural gas his country's …
Environmental Assessment of Shale Gas Development in South Africa
The 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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South Africa: Karoo Basin Overview
The Karoo Basin reaches 600,000 sq km in central and southern South Africa and contains thick, organic rich shales such as the Permian Whitehill Formation. Until recently, the Karoo Basin was not considered …
South Africa releases draft shale gas regulations
Photographer: Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg via Getty Images. CAPE TOWN, July 14 (Reuters) – South Africa has released new draft rules for public comment for onshore shale gas fracking, four years ...
Fracking it in South Africa: an argument for shale gas production …
South 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 …
Shale Is Keeping the World Awash With Oil as Conflicts …
Advocates for fracking have long said fast-growing U.S. shale production could help stabilize markets in times of crisis, in part, because of the speed with which a shale well produces.
South African shale gas economics: Analysis of the …
• South Africa has significant shale gas potential in the Karoo. • Internationally, LNG delivered prices are currently below USD 10 per GJ. • South Africa shale gas breakeven …
South Africa releases draft shale gas regulations
The proposed regulations and minimum requirements apply to the exploration and production of onshore oil and gas that requires hydraulic fracturing, also known as …
S.Africa to start processing shale gas applications
Shale gas burning at the Consol Energy horizontal gas drilling rig, outside the South African town of Waynesburg. South Africa will process applications for shale gas exploration but hold off on ...
Strategic Environmental Assessment for Shale Gas
Utilising 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 ...
Major Mines & Projects | New Denmark Mine
New Denmark Colliery reserves occur within the Vryheid Formation of the Ecca Group within the Karoo Sequence. Sixty boreholes have been drilled by the mine to the base of the Karoo Supergroup in the MRA from which geological information could be derived. The thickness of the sediments underlying the No. 4 coal seam varies between 50 and 300 m.
An analysis of the challenges for groundwater …
The use of a pro-active groundwater governance structure that can accommodate current, near-term, and long-term shale gas development is important for ensuring that future energy development in ...
South Africa Hopes To Become The Next Big Shale …
It's been nearly a decade since South Africa lifted a freeze on shale gas exploration, but the resource-rich nation's potential ensuing shale revolution never quite materialized.
Shale Gas Processing Equipment Market 2024 -2032 …
3.8 Middle East and Africa Shale Gas Processing Equipment Market Facts and Figures by Country 4 Segment by Type 4.1 Global Shale Gas Processing Equipment Sales by Type (2018-2029)
Seismic imaging of dolerite sills and volcanic vents in the …
The Karoo Basin of South Africa covers an area of 700 000 km2 and has been identified as a possible shale gas reserve. Any evaluation of the shale gas potential of the basin must consider the ...
South Africa releases draft shale gas regulations | 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 governing hydraulic fracturing in ...
Developing the Shale Gas Industry in South Africa: An …
reliminary (economic) Remarks" in "The Balancing of Interests in Environmental Law in Africa"With the South African unemployment rate sitting at 24.1%18 and high levels of inequality and poverty,19 the eco. omic development and social uplift of the general population become the country's top priorities. However, balancing this much nee.
Shale gas in South Africa
By ESI Africa. April 8, 2015. On invitation by ESI Africa, Jeanie le Roux, Director of Operations at Treasure Karoo Action Group, shares her thoughts and knowledge about shale gas in South Africa and on the global stage. In 2011, TIME magazine called fracking the biggest environmental issue of the year while the International Energy Agency (IEA ...
Hydrochemical and Hydrogeological Impact of Hydraulic
1.1. 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.