Friday 20 April 2012

UK has vast shale gas reserves

Britain may have enough offshore shale gas to catapult it into the top ranks of global producers, energy experts now believe, and while production costs are still very high, new U.S. technology should eventually make reserves commercially viable. UK offshore reserves of shale gas could exceed one thousand trillion cubic feet (tcf), compared to current rates of UK gas consumption of 3.5 tcf a year, or five times the latest estimate of onshore shale gas of 200 trillion cubic feet.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those who have followed earlier debate on the subject will be pleased to learn that the BGS are researching the subject...

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/energy/shaleGas/howSafe.html

bruce

Richard said...

Better offshore than the risk of contaminating aquifers ! The Bowland Shale (between the Millstone Grit and the Carboniferous Limestone) is not usually regarded as a water supply aquifer in the Fyld area, where tap water comes from surface reservoirs mostly on MG, and the water is very soft.

Richard