Independent Online: Fracking on Cards for KZN (South Africa)

The first methane gas drilling project in KwaZulu-Natal that could involve fracking has been launched by the Gauteng-based Sungu Sungu empowerment group.

Sungu Sungu, whose directors include entrepreneur Thabang Khomo and former PetroSA geophysicist Solomon Lepotho, has applied for environmental permission to drill at least five coal bed methane exploration wells outside the town of Dannhauser, in the coal-rich triangle south of Newcastle and Vryheid.

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