"Oil firms such as Shell are targeting Europe," says the daily newspaper. After foraging last year in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the Anglo-Dutch company is now interested in Belgium.
Shell plans to invest €100,000 to prospect for shale gas in the eastern Liège region and in the north-eastern Campine area. Other oil firms are also showing an interest, among them British firm Cuadrilla and Germany's Wintershall.
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