18-08-2015
INEOS awarded three new shale gas licenses from the UK government
INEOS has today been awarded three new Petroleum Exploration and Development Licenses covering a total area of approximately 250 km2 in the East Midlands. This additional acreage cements INEOS position as one of the UK’s leading shale gas businesses.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) awarded these new licenses in the first of a number of announcements from its 14th Licensing Round.
“INEOS welcomes the announcement by the UK Government today and the significant support from DECC to move this important industry forwards,” says Gary Haywood, INEOS Shale CEO. “Shale gas is a once in a lifetime opportunity that the UK cannot afford to miss. North Sea oil created great wealth for the UK and shale gas can do the same. It will help secure manufacturing, deliver investment and create thousands of jobs, provide us with greater energy security, and help us to meet our climate change obligations using our own home-grown source of energy.”
INEOS Shale is INEOS’ new on shore oil and gas exploration and production business. The business made its first move into the shale exploration one year ago on the 18th August with the purchase of a share of the shale section of PEDL 133 from Dart Energy. It has grown rapidly, and now has the third largest portfolio of shale gas assets in the UK. Today’s announcement is a further significant step for INEOS in its plan to become the leading player in the UK shale gas industry.
The first tranche of licenses awarded today cover licence blocks that have been screened out as not requiring further environmental assessment under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010. The Habitats Directive, a screening assessment is being carried out on remaining blocks applied for in the 14th Round. As a result, blocks applied for which are close to or in certain Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) will be subject to further environmental assessments before any offer is made. Announcements of the second tranche are expected later this year.
Gary Haywood adds, "We are keen to move quickly to evaluate the potential of this resource, and determine if we can economically produce gas from our licenses. This will depend on the pace of planning approval. If we can, it will provide a local source of competitive energy and raw materials to support manufacturing jobs in the UK. Our recent commitment to share the revenue of the gas production with the landowners and the community will also bring significant local benefits."
INEOS continues its community engagement programme, aiming to speak directly to people about this important issue and dispel as many of the untruths and the myths about shale gas production as possible.
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