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Shell To Drill Second Well Sweden Shale Well
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Royal Dutch Shell said it was drilling the second of three wells looking for shale gas in Sweden, where the opposition says it will stop Shell's gas hunt if it wins elections on September 19. The center-left opposition is on course to win the vote according to the latest polls.
Shell has been looking for shale gas in the southern region of Skaane and has already completed work on the first of three exploration wells.
Shell has said the area was promising and that there could be enough gas to cover Sweden's gas needs for at least 10 years.
The Social Democrats, together with their allies the Greens and the Left Party, were given 49.3 percent of votes, versus the four-party ruling coalition's 46.2 percent, in a SIFO poll published by the national daily Svenska Dagbladet on Sunday.
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