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    Ennahar Online: Shale Gas - Algeria Has Contacted France for an Alternative to Hydraulic Fracturing

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Algeria is currently considering fluropropane, a French-developed alternative to hydraulic fracturing for shale gas, a report says

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Ennahar Online: Shale Gas - Algeria Has Contacted France for an Alternative to Hydraulic Fracturing

French experts have found an alternative to hydraulic fracturing in shale gas, a fluropropane based technology which would interest Algeria, faced with an uprising of the southern populations, including In Salah, after an attempt for shale gaz exploitation in the region.

The French government commissioned an expert report for the experimentation of an operating technology in France of shale gas based on fluropropane; an alternative to the controversial method of hydraulic fracturing, but this has not been set in work, according to French daily Le Figaro.

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