UK shale gas survey confirms huge reserves

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Bowland basin in the North of England holds about 40 trillion cubic metres of gas, but questions remain over how much is recoverable

The UK's fledgling shale gas industry received a major boost today as new research suggested the country has significantly higher reserves than had been first thought and the government underlined its...

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