Why are remaining UK shale gas wells being ordered to be sealed and abandoned in the middle of an energy crisis by UK regulators? Richard Tice is joined by Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla Resources, to discuss the future of shale gas in the UK. | Reform UK

Hydraulic Fracturing of Oil and Gas Wells: Enhances the recovery of oil and gas from wells by fracturing formation rocks to release the hydrocarbons, allowing them to flow more easily through the rocks to the wellbore. Not all formations require such supplementary well completion techniques to permit extraction of hydrocarbons. Some rocks naturally contain abundant fractures and connected pore space that, although often only a millimeter or less across, allow fluids to move freely through them.

This is how shale gas is extracted using the FRACKING technique (or hydraulic fracturing) | Civil Engineering&Architecture