Will Lebien Be Poland's Hope for Energy Independence

In the article Poland hopes to tap big reserve of shale gas, The Financial Times explores how Poland is taking a different approach than France, to unconventional hydrocarbon development.

In the small village of Lebien in northern Poland, the mayor, Elzbieta Religa, is a convert to a new vision of energy independence.

Ms Religa’s house lies a few kilometres from a test well drilling for shale gas. The rig looms high above bright green fields dotted with flowers. Coming in from her farm, Ms Religa wipes her hands on her blue smock and waves away concerns about the environmental consequences of large-scale drilling. She is much more interested in the geopolitics of shale gas.

“I hear about people who don’t want these kinds of things, but it gives us a chance to free ourselves from Russia,” she says. “We aren’t worried at all.”

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