Shale gas fracking Poland’s race to explore shale gas is now over , after its state-run firm PGNiG and oil refiner PKN Orlen cancelled exploration projects there. Polish gas was expected to come to market in 2014, according to Former Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s announcement five years ago. International oil companies, including Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil, and Total flocked to the European country to assist in the search for gas, but they pulled back their efforts after disappointing results and the oil price crisis. The country’s national energy companies were the last to hold out for domestic shale gas projects, and now they, too, are throwing in the towel. “The discussion and projects related to shale gas is a closed issue for us,” Miroslaw Kochalski, deputy head of PKN Orlen told Reuters on Wednesday. Piotr Wozniak, the chief executive office at PGNiG, reiterated this sentiment by saying, “Shale gas […]