Bloomberg: Polands ambition to achieve energy independence from Russia is being undermined by drillers giving up on the nations shale wells after disappointing results.
The highest test flows during the countrys five-year search for unconventional gas were just 30 percent of whats needed for commercial production, said Pawel Poprawa, a geologist at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. The number of active shale permits has fallen 43 percent from a high in January 2013 and explorers...