Parliamentary Committee report makes recommendations to facilitate exploration of shale gas *

United Kingdom - May 21 2013
The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has concluded that further shale gas exploration is necessary to improve current estimates of…

Co-authors: John Buttanshaw, Julie Vaughan, Louise Moore.

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UK onshore shale gas guidelines published *

United Kingdom - April 22 2013
The United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) has published guidelines on good industry practice for onshore shale gas exploration and appraisal…

Co-authors: John Buttanshaw, Julie Vaughan, Louise Moore.

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Agreement reached on EU offshore oil & gas safety legislation *

European Union - March 6 2013
The European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament have reached political agreement on a new Directive seeking to address the risk of…

Co-authors: Julie Vaughan, Louise Moore.

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A round-up of recent UK energy developments - 1 February 2013 *

United Kingdom - February 1 2013
On 25 January 2013 DECC published a guide to the oil stocking obligations which have been adopted in the UK. Oil stocking obligations were first…

Co-authors: Stephanie Lomax, Mark Newbery.

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Shale gas: fracking given the go ahead subject to new controls *

United Kingdom - December 19 2012
The Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey announced on Thursday 13 December 2012 that exploratory fracking for shale gas will be allowed to resume in the UK.  The announcement was contained in a detailed Ministerial Statement which set out the Minister's conclusion that the risk of seismic activity posed by fracking can be adequately mitigated with additional controls.

Co-authors: Julie Vaughan, Louise Moore.

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