Algeria shelves shale gas plans until 2022 amid fierce protests

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ALGERIA HAS announced that its flagship plan to exploit reserves of shale gas will not begin until 2022. Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has said the exploitation of shale gas "is not on the current agenda - we are just thinking about it". In early January Algeria announced plans for a $7 billion investment in the technology, as prices for its main export, crude oil, fell to a six-year low.