Can Liz Truss kick-start UK fracking by lifting the shale gas ban?
8 September 2022
The new UK prime minister says ending a moratorium on fracking will “get gas flowing” within six months, but there are many reasons why a boom is unlikely
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UK chose to pay back £640,000 to fracking firms after shale gas ban
25 March 2022
The UK government imposed a moratorium on shale gas extraction in November 2019, leaving fracking firms that had paid licence fees out of pocket, but the country's oil and gas regulator decided to refund them
Row over whether fracking could resume in England despite 'ban'
12 November 2019
A document released just days after the government announced a halt to fracking suggests that future applications will be considered
UK government rings death knell for the fracking industry
4 November 2019
The sharp reversal of support ends nearly a decade of protests, court cases and minor earthquakes without any energy being produced
Fracking with CO2 unlikely to be green
5 June 2019
A Chinese research team has drilled and fracked five oil wells with carbon dioxide, rather than water
Could fracking with carbon dioxide instead of water be greener?
30 May 2019
Using CO2 to fracture rocks for oil and gas is being touted as a more environmentally friendly approach to fracking, but it may not be greener overall
Does fracking for gas have a future in the UK after key resignation?
29 April 2019
The resignation of shale gas commissioner Natascha Engel over earthquake rules is far from the only reason to think fracking's prospects are bleak in the UK
Humans may be to blame for a big earthquake in South Korea
26 April 2018
An earthquake that struck South Korea in 2017 was caused by a geothermal energy project that injected water underground – and risk assessments missed it
