COPENHAGEN: Total official stated that it will drop its exploration for shale gas in northern Zealand after failing to find sufficient deposits. The French company’s explorations in northern Jutland will continue after being temporarily shut down by Danish energy officials last week.
If Total finds sufficient amounts of shale gas is found on the property, the company will then explore the possibility of extracting the shale gas through fracking, the pumping of pressurized, chemical-laden water into underground rock layers.
