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Shale Gas Reserves in the UK - The Great Unknown

Geoff Riley

17th August 2017

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Shale gas reserves in the UK have been exaggerated according to a new report. The scale of known reserves of course makes a potentially huge difference to the commercial viability of the fracking sector.

Link here to the academic work of Professor John Underhill

Tutor2u's Geography expert Andy Day links here to a related article in the Guardian.

More articles on fracking from this dedicated section of the Guardian web site

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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