Industry / South Africa

Shell Eyes Karoo Basin Shale Gas Exploration

January 2011 | Industry News

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After a year of studying the shale gas potential of South Africa's Karoo Basin, Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell has found something it likes.

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