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Gas Pains - What to do about France's Shales / William C. Ramsay, IFRI Edito Energie, 14 avril 2011http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&#38;id=6542 Like other countries in Europe, France has the potential to produce both  oil and gas from shale.  In the Paris Basin, where oil has been  exploited for decades, oil shale quite similar to the Bakken play in  North America has considerable promise due to new drilling and  exploitation techniques.  The potential for shale gas in the South east  is less well known and needs to be assessed...