Quebec Shale Gas E&P Challenged on Two Fronts

摘要

Shortly after the Parti Quebecois won control of Canada's second largest province in September, the newly appointed natural resources minister sparked a war of words with the leader of Quebec's natural gas industry by calling for a complete moratorium on hydraulic fracturing — or "fracturation hydraulique" as they call it in la belle province. "Our position is very clear: We want a complete moratorium, not only on exploitation but also on exploration of shale gas," said rookie minister Martine Oullet.