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Chevron promises care in developing Romania shale gas

April 5, 2012

(Reuters) - Chevron Corp, responding to environmental fears over its shale gas plans in Romania, said on Tuesday it had yet to start exploration and would keep to seismic data surveys for 12 months while persuading local people the technology is safe.It would then consider beginning actual gas exploitation on the Black Sea coast only after a further five years of

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