United Kingdom

Despite recent action by the UK government to encourage unconventional natural gas extraction in England, a lasting domestic shale industry would need a dedicated supply chain and reliable support through changing political winds, according to prominent energy prognosticators. “I would just be shocked if anything could happen,” RBN Energy LLC CEO Rusty Braziel said last…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday announced a package of measures aimed at easing the nation’s energy crisis, including a cap on household energy bills and a massive government-backed fund to boost the liquidity of energy companies.  The government would guarantee household energy bills…

Project Canary has taken its emissions monitoring worldwide following its first partnership with a UK-based natural gas infrastructure company, Kellas Midstream Ltd. “We’ve spent the last four years providing U.S. companies with innovative emissions data to facilitate demonstrable environmental performance changes,” said Project Canary CEO Chris Romer. “With Kellas, we’ve found the right partner to…

The UK government on Thursday unveiled an energy security strategy to cut its reliance on fossil fuel imports that would revive offshore oil and natural gas production in the North Sea. The nation, like others in Europe, is looking to break free of Russian oil and natural gas imports. Its strategy envisions more domestically produced…

BP plc is expanding its biomethane opportunities in the UK after taking a 28.6% stake in Gasrec, which builds and operates renewable gas-fueled liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for road transport. The integrated major agreed to supply Gasrec with renewable biomethane produced mainly from organic wastes, such as food and…

The UK government has unveiled an ambitious strategy to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 that would significantly curb reliance on oil and natural gas without phasing them out completely.  The nearly 400-page plan details policies and proposals that build on a “Ten Point Plan” released last year by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The…

Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. said natural gas flowed back from the UK’s first horizontal unconventional gas well in the Bowland Shale, noting initial results were “highly encouraging,” despite regulatory constraints on the amount of sand used in fracturing.

In an encouraging sign for the future of shale gas development in the United Kingdom (UK), a county government in northern England has awarded a planning application to perform hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations to an energy company with ties to Barclays plc.