中国石化新闻网讯 据俄罗斯《欧亚油气新闻》3月1日波恩报道，德国，一个正在努力设法找到更多能源资源来取代核电的国家，日前向允许通过水力压裂法开发页岩气迈出了重要的一步。
水力压裂法是一种一直遭到反对派和公众舆论强烈谴责的开发页岩气的方法。
德国政府2月26日公布了一项允许在一定条件下通过水力压裂法开发页岩气的法律草案。
水力压裂法涉及用高压把大量的水和化学品通过井眼与垂直钻井一起泵入页岩中，使困在页岩中的天然气释放出来。
（李 峻 编译）
原文如下：
Germany Moves to Allow Controversial Shale Gas Drilling
News Oil & Gas Eurasia
March 1, 2013
Germany, a country struggling hard to find energy resources to replace nuclear power, has taken a step towards allowing the tapping of shale gas via hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a practice contested by the opposition and public opinion, Euractiv reports.
Angela Merkel’s government made public on 26 February a draft law allowing the development of shale gas through fracking, though under certain conditions.
Fracking involves pumping vast amounts of water and chemicals at high pressure through drill holes, which together with vertical drilling helps prop open shale rocks to release trapped gas.
