{"id":21358,"date":"2013-06-27T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?p=21358"},"modified":"2021-12-14T11:45:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T11:45:33","slug":"shale-gas-resource-figure-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/shale-gas-resource-figure-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Shale gas resource figure released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p><strong>The British Geological Survey (BGS) in association with DECC has completed an estimate for the resource (gas-in-place) of shale gas in part of central Britain in an area between Wrexham and Blackpool in the west, and Nottingham and Scarborough in the east. The estimate is in the form of a range to reflect geological uncertainty. The lower limit of the range is 822 tcf and the upper limit is 2281 tcf, but the central estimate for the resource is 1329 tcf.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shale gas estimate is a resource figure (gas-in-place) and so represents the gas that we think is present, but not the gas that might be possible to extract. The proportion of gas that it may be possible to extract is unknown as it depends on the economic, geological and social factors that will prevail at each operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shale gas clearly has potential in Britain but it will require geological and engineering expertise, investment and protection of the environment. It will also need organisations like the BGS to play their part in providing up to date and accurate information on resources and the environment to the public, industry and Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Notes to editors<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>For further details or to arrange media interviews please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Nice, BGS Press Office, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG<br \/>\nOffice: +44 (0)115 936 3605\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mobile: +44 (0)7989 115657<br \/>\nE-mail: sebr@bgs.ac.uk\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Twitter @Sarahnice1<\/p>\n<p>The following are available for interview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Rob Ward, British Geological Survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For additional information go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/xyztbc\">www.bgs.ac.uk\/shalegas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photographs are available from our ftp server: <a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.bgs.ac.uk\/pubload\/bgspress\/shalegasresource\">ftp:\/\/ftp.bgs.ac.uk\/pubload\/bgspress\/shalegasresource<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free for media use with this acknowledgement: British Geological Survey\u00a9NERC<\/p>\n<p><strong>The British Geological Survey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The British Geological Survey (BGS), a component body of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), is the nation&#8217;s principal supplier of objective, impartial and up-to-date geological expertise and information for decision making for governmental, commercial and individual users. The BGS maintains and develops the nation&#8217;s understanding of its geology to improve policy making, enhance national wealth and reduce risk. It also collaborates with the national and international scientific community in carrying out research in strategic areas, including energy and natural resources, our vulnerability to environmental change and hazards, and our general knowledge of the Earth system. More about the BGS can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/\">www.bgs.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Natural Environment Research Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the UK&#8217;s main agency for funding and managing world-class research, training and knowledge exchange in the environmental sciences. It coordinates some of the world&#8217;s most exciting research projects, tackling major issues such as climate change, food security, environmental influences on human health, the genetic make-up of life on earth, and much more. NERC receives around \u00a3300 million a year from the government&#8217;s science budget, which it uses to fund research and training in universities and its own research centres. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerc.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nerc.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relatives\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Relative topics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/decarbonisation\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">decarbonisation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"9842,17361,18527,19754,37527,17592","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[69],"purpose":[],"challenge":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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