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UK should embrace fracking, says Osborne:

Britain should embrace fracking or be condemned to higher energy bills and fewer jobs, George Osborne has said.

The Chancellor also insisted he did not want to be part of a generation “that says all the economic activity was happening somewhere else in the world” as he reiterated his support…

Cuadrilla’s UK fracking scheme gets planners’ go-ahead:

Proposals for fracking for shale gas at a site in Lancashire should be approved, planning officers have recommended.

Lancashire County Council has published reports with recommendations on planning applications from shale company Cuadrilla to develop two new sites between Preston and Blackpool to explore for shale gas by drilling, fracking…

Fracking bids decision next month:

Decisions will be made on two controversial fracking applications in Lancashire in late June, the county council has said.

Lancashire County Council’s development control committee had originally been due to make decisions in January on applications by shale company Cuadrilla to drill, frack and test gas flows at two sites…

UK can benefit from shale experience in the US:

Last month at PETEX in London, the hunt for shale gas resources in the UK was a hot topic and among the companies offering their expertise and wares at the show was CGG, currently being stalked by fellow French group Technip, and US energy services giant Baker Hughes, which…

Shale provides largest share of US gas production:

Shale gas provided the largest share of American natural gas production last year, new figures have shown.

The US Energy Information Administration said withdrawals reached a new high of 82billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) last year.

Shale gas well withdrawals jumped from 5bcf/d in 2007, to 33bcf/d in 2013, representing…

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