{
  "id": 3238368,
  "title": "Oil shale producers warn EU plan would make oil production unprofitable in five years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/oil-shale-producers-warn-eu-plan-would-make-oil-production",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T09:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ERR News Estonia",
    "slug": "err-news-estonia",
    "url": "https://news.err.ee/1610118607/oil-shale-producers-warn-eu-plan-would-make-oil-production-unprofitable-in-five-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The heads of Estonia's two major oil shale companies told Prime Minister Kristen Michal that without a European Commission exemption, oil shale production would stop being economically viable within five years. Yet on Thursday, a new oil plant will be formally opened in Auvere.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}