Draft Report for DG JRC in the Context of Contract JRC/PTT/2015/F.3/0027/NC “Development of shale gas and shale oil in Europe” European Unconventional Oil and Gas Assessment (EUOGA) Overview of the current status and development of shale gas and shale oil in Europe Deliverable T3b mmmll Development of shale gas and shale oil in Europe Table of Contents Table of Contents .............................................................................................. 2 Countries covered in this report ........................................................................ 6 Abstract ........................................................................................................... 8 Executive summary ........................................................................................... 9 Shale gas and Shale oil resources and assessment status .................................... 9 Activities related to shale gas and shale oil exploration .......................................10 Member state position towards shale gas and shale oil exploration .......................12 Basin and play overview .................................................................................14 Introduction .....................................................................................................27 Country overviews ............................................................................................29 Austria .........................................................................................................29 Belgium ........................................................................................................29 Bulgaria ........................................................................................................30 Croatia .........................................................................................................30 Czech Republic ..............................................................................................30 Denmark ......................................................................................................30 Estonia .........................................................................................................31 Finland .........................................................................................................31 France ..........................................................................................................31 Germany ......................................................................................................32 Hungary .......................................................................................................32 Ireland .........................................................................................................33 Italy .............................................................................................................33 Latvia ...........................................................................................................34 Lithuania ......................................................................................................34 Malta ............................................................................................................35 Netherlands ..................................................................................................35 Norway .........................................................................................................35 Poland ..........................................................................................................36 Portugal ........................................................................................................36 Romania .......................................................................................................37 Slovenia .......................................................................................................38 Spain ...........................................................................................................38 Sweden ........................................................................................................39 Ukraine ........................................................................................................39 United Kingdom .............................................................................................39 Basin and play overview ....................................................................................41 Norwegian-Danish-South Sweden basin ............................................................43 Baltic basin ...................................................................................................45 Latvia ........................................................................................................46 Lithuania ....................................................................................................46 Poland .......................................................................................................50 Ukraine ......................................................................................................51 Fore-Sudetic Monocline basin ..........................................................................53 Dniepr-Donets basin ......................................................................................56 Transilvanian basin ........................................................................................58 Moesian Platform ...........................................................................................61 September 2016 2 Development of shale gas and shale oil in Europe Romania ....................................................................................................61 Bulgaria .....................................................................................................67 Dinarides-Lemeš basin ...................................................................................70 Hungarian Paleogene basin .............................................................................71 Mura-Zala basin .............................................................................................74 Slovenia ....................................................................................................75 Hungary ....................................................................................................76 Vienna basin .................................................................................................79 Molasse basin ................................................................................................80 Lombardy basin .............................................................................................81 Ribolla basin .................................................................................................83 Emma and Umbria-Marche basin .....................................................................85 Ragusa basin .................................................................................................87 Caltanissetta basin .........................................................................................88 Cantabrian Massif ..........................................................................................90 Basque-Cantabrian basin ................................................................................92 Pyrenees basin ..............................................................................................94 Duero basin ..................................................................................................95 Ebro basin ....................................................................................................96 Iberian chain basin ........................................................................................97 Catalonian basin ............................................................................................99 Guadalquivir basin ....................................................................................... 100 Lusitanian basin ........................................................................................... 101 Aquitaine basin ............................................................................................ 102 South-East basin (France) ............................................................................. 103 Autun basin................................................................................................. 105 Paris basin .................................................................................................. 105 Upper Rhine Graben ..................................................................................... 107 Northwest European Carboniferous ................................................................ 107 The Netherlands ....................................................................................... 108 Germany .................................................................................................. 109 Belgium ................................................................................................... 109 United Kingdom ........................................................................................ 109 Northwest European Jurassic ......................................................................... 111 The Netherlands ....................................................................................... 111 Germany 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