Review of Shell’s EMP for Karoo reveals flaws

Read this document which is a review of Golder’s EMP in support of Shell’s application. It expresses a strong view that Shell’s draft EMP does not meet the terms of Section 4 of the Bill of Rights or not one of the legal provisions of the MPRDA or the MPRDA regulations that deals with the content requirements of an EMP in support of an exploration right. FINAL REPORT – SHELL EMP REVIEW – 1 APRIL 2011

What Shell could do to the Karoo..

This picture is doing the rounds – showing gas wells back to back in the US, which is what could happen in the Karoo as Shell has said that each well requires one hectare, but they haven’t said they can join hectare to hectare. Shell has also said that they can run 14 plus wells from each well pad, extending horizontally for 2.5 kilometres at depths of 4-5km.