Energy Security or Energy Governance? Legal and Political Aspects of Sustainable Exploration of Shale Gas in Poland.
Article from: OGEL 3 (2014), in Unconventional Oil and Gas
Abstract
This paper analyses prospects for an institutional structure to govern and ensure environmentally sustainable exploration of unconventional (shale) gas in Poland. Shale gas developments in the United States (US) ignited a widespread policy and law debate in Europe about the prospects of emerging fuel. In Poland, the debate has developed particularly high expectations on both the Government and the Public's side, ascribed to future exploration and production of unconventional gas from shale formations. To ensure a balance between energy security prerogatives and resource governance ...