RG & Co. at „Shale Gas World Europe”

26.12.2014 r.

RG & Co. at „Shale Gas World Europe”

Peter Rosicki was representing “Rosicki, Grudzinski & Co. Law Firm” at the Shale Gas World Europe 2014 Conference in Warsaw, Poland. Our law firm has been providing legal support throughout 2014 in proceedings relating to geological works, including exploration of shale deposits for the purpose of future extraction of shale gas.

This prestigious conference gathered hundreds of companies representing the oil and mining industry, as well as various related branches. Among participants there were some well recognized major entities such as Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Golder Associates, Tenaris Global Services or Vallourec.

The participants debated about various aspects of shale gas extraction, including its commercial viability, safety measures and legal regulations. It is worth noting that for the last few years shale gas has been one of the hot topics in Poland and intense explorations have been carried out during that time to evaluate the potential of Polish shale gas deposits.

Incidentally, it should be mentioned that from the legal point of view, one of the serious legal issues might be the compensation for the landowners, should shale gas be pursued on or produced from their properties. These issues were discussed in London between our partner Maciej Grudzinski and the companies involved in preparing such special compensation programs on the request of UE countries. Our firm assumes, that as the explorations of shale gas in Poland continues, these types of legal issues will have to be thoroughly and quickly addressed.