I had blogged a while ago on the Shale gas technology and how is it gonna be the future of oil industry. (see Shale Gas Technology ). The announcement from Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) for buying of 45% share in Pioneer Natural Resources, a company involved in shale extraction, for $ 1.3 billion gives some credence to that. This comes close on heels of similar acquisition by RIL for $ 1.7 billion in the another US company's shale-gas assets in Pennsylvania.
The reason for sudden interest for RIL in such technology is probably because India supposedly has lot of shale assets and as this technology matures (the cost of extraction gets cheaper), a petrochemical company like RIL would be best suited to exploit the situation.
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