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Exploitation de gaz naturel: Gaz Métro s'entend avec Hydrocarbures Anticosti

Une entente de principe en vue de l'exploitation de gaz à Anticosti
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Clement SABOURIN, CANADA-QUEBEC-OIL-GAS-ENERGYDenis Duteau, former mayor of Anticosti, inspects a well on August 13, 2013 on Anticosti Island, Canada, where oil exploration operations were conducted in 2010. Duteau was hired as a lobbyist by Petrolia, a Quebec oil company that plans to start pumping shale oil. Between 800 and 1,000 tourists are expected to visit Anticosti in the summer of 2013, but every Fall as many as 4,000 hunters come to the island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The size of the French island of Corsica in the Mediterranean, Anticosti has only 216 inhabitants. Quebec's Petrolia gas exploration company announced a partnership with the community to install an hydrocarbons exploration program scheduled to star in 2014. Economist specializing in energy issues, Pierre-Olivier Pineau believes that fracturing gas 'increases opportunities for fugitive gas leaks' that are 'worse for the greenhouse effect because it is methane that escapes without being checked.' AFP PHOTO / Clement SABOURIN (Photo credit should read Clement Sabourin/AFP/Getty Images)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Clement SABOURIN, CANADA-QUEBEC-OIL-GAS-ENERGYDenis Duteau, former mayor of Anticosti, inspects a well on August 13, 2013 on Anticosti Island, Canada, where oil exploration operations were conducted in 2010. Duteau was hired as a lobbyist by Petrolia, a Quebec oil company that plans to start pumping shale oil. Between 800 and 1,000 tourists are expected to visit Anticosti in the summer of 2013, but every Fall as many as 4,000 hunters come to the island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The size of the French island of Corsica in the Mediterranean, Anticosti has only 216 inhabitants. Quebec's Petrolia gas exploration company announced a partnership with the community to install an hydrocarbons exploration program scheduled to star in 2014. Economist specializing in energy issues, Pierre-Olivier Pineau believes that fracturing gas 'increases opportunities for fugitive gas leaks' that are 'worse for the greenhouse effect because it is methane that escapes without being checked.' AFP PHOTO / Clement SABOURIN (Photo credit should read Clement Sabourin/AFP/Getty Images)

MONTRÉAL - La société en commandite Gaz Métro a conclu une entente de principe stratégique avec Hydrocarbures Anticosti pour offrir des solutions techniques s'occuper du gaz naturel qui pourrait être produit lors d'une éventuelle exploitation des ressources en hydrocarbures sur l'île d'Anticosti.

En vertu de cette entente, Hydrocarbures Anticosti, qui détient 38 permis d'exploration d'hydrocarbures sur l'île du fleuve Saint-Laurent, s'est engagée à faire de Gaz Métro (TSX:VNR) son partenaire exclusif pour les cinq prochaines années.

En contrepartie, Gaz Métro, qui détient la franchise de distribution du gaz dans l'île, fournira son expertise pour acheminer vers les marchés le gaz naturel associé qui pourrait être produit par Hydrocarbures Anticosti. Gaz Métro pourra aussi acquérir, transporter ou distribuer ce gaz naturel afin de l'acheminer vers les marchés de consommation.

Hydrocarbures Anticosti est une société en commandite formée de Ressources Québec, Pétrolia (TSXV:PEA), Saint-Aubin E&P (Québec) et Corridor Resources (TSX:CDH). Elle détient des permis d'exploration d'hydrocarbures sur 6195 kilomètres carrés dans l'île.

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L'île d'Anticosti vue par le photographe Marc Lafrance

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