• CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY Natural gas is the cleanest and most environmentally friendly of all fossil fuels...Read more

  • WELL DRILLING PADThe size of a typical drilling pad is about 1 hectare. To compare, the floorage of an average shopping centre is 4.5 hectares... Read more

  • SECURING OF WELL DRILLING PADA drilling pad as well as the adjacent pool are reinforced and tightened with concrete slabs. Protective foil is additionally laid where necessary.

  • WORK NOISEWell drilling does not produce onerous noise. The intensity of sounds generated in connection with drilling work is lower than that generated by street traffic.Read more

  • SAFETY OF FRACTURING PROCESSIn Poland, exploration wells in shale rock are drilled to depths of over 2.5 km.Read more

  • COMPOSITION OF FRACTURING FLUIDFracturing fluid is 95% water. Read more

  • NO MAJOR LANDSCAPE INTERFERENCEIf gas production is launched, the land surrounding the isolated, secured zone, is subject to a reclamation treatment. Read more

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements – Contents

8. Discontinued Operations

The Group did not discontinue any operations in 2012.

In 2013, the Group is planning to sell Geovita S.A., its hospitality subsidiary, and its jointly-controlled entity InterTransGas GmbH, whose business consists in construction and operation of transmission infrastructure (for a more detailed description of the business and information on its disposal, see Note 38.8).

As at December 31st 2012, the Group presented the assets and equity and liabilities of consolidated entity Geovita S.A. in the statement of financial position under Non-current assets held for sale and Liabilities associated with assets held for sale. InterTransGas GmbH was not consolidated, and the Group's interest in the entity was disclosed under non-current assets held for sale. The companies that the Group has classified as held for sale do not represent any important area of the Group's operations.
Detailed information concerning assets held for sale is presented in Note 24.