Interesting Website5 Dec 2018 03:24
http://www.slovenski-plin.si/the-next-steps.html
Found this website not sure it it has been posted before, wealth of information on the asset and history, most interesting one I found was under the information on environmental impact assessment and just shows how Minister Jure Leben is letting his heart rather than his head influence his decisions, the continued comparison to shale fracking is what is used, however read the below-
To summarise the Geological Survey of Slovenia’s findings:
The exploitation of unconventional gas using hydraulic stimulation in the Pg-10 and Pg-11A wells, the building of infrastructure etc and the treatment of gas in the central gas station are considered to be acceptable provided that ‘the six stages of Safe Gas Extraction ’ are adhered to, strict safety measure are applied, as defined in Slovenian legislation, and good practices are continued in order to avoid any negative impacts on the environment.
The contents and integrity of this report were commended by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment to Members of the Slovenian Parliament in a letter of 17 October 2012. At the same time, the Ministry drew the MPs’ attention to a report by the European Commission, which makes a distinction between the extraction of hydrocarbons from shale, widely used in the USA, and the extraction of hydrocarbons from sandstone, as in Petišovci. Negative publicity on the impact of hydraulic stimulation relates mainly to big stimulation operations in shale, rather than sandstone.
In the following month, November 2012, after much debate and as a display of confidence in the process, the European Parliament voted against a ban on hydraulic stimulation.