CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Abstract
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The UK's energy market
Figure 1: North Sea Production
Figure 2: Final energy consumption by fuel,
UK (1970 to 2012)
Figure 3: Energy Flow Chart 2012
The impact of policy commitments to renewable
and low-carbon energy
Gas prices
Future price trends
Costs of renewables
Electricity generation: the investment gap
Security of supply
Compatibility with development of low carbon
forms of energy
Gas prices and energy intensive industries
Chapter 3: The US shale gas revolution and
its global economic impact
Figure 4: Domestic Production of Shale Gas
in the US
Figure 5: Shale gas leads growth in total
gas production through 2040
Figure 6: Map of US shale gas activity
US gas prices and industrial investment
Figure 7: US Natural Gas Prices
Global impact of the US shale gas revolution
Climate change and the environment
Shale gas and oil outside the US
Figure 8: Map of Worldwide Basins
Chapter 4: Shale gas in the UK
Differences between the US and the UK
Resource
Population density
Experience
Regulation
Ownership of petroleum rights and permissions
to drill
The UK's shale resource
Figure 9: The UK's Principal Shale-Bearing
Areas
Resource estimates
Economically recoverable reserves
Timescale
The snail's pace of exploration
Public acceptability
Government action
Chapter 5: Potential economic impact of the
UK's shale gas
Energy intensive/ petrochemical industries
Jobs
Chapter 6: Shale gas and climate change
Greenhouse gas emissions of shale gas
Levels of fugitive methane emissions during
shale gas operations
Compatibility with UK climate change objectives
Chapter 7: Environmental impact of development
of shale gas in the UK
Figure 10: Shale Gas Extraction
Groundwater contamination
Figure 11: Composition of hydraulic fracturing
fluid proposed by Cuadrilla
Disposal and treatment of flowback water
Demands on UK water supply
Seismic activity
Dangers to public health
Radon
Traffic and noise pollution
Table 1: Estimated Vehicle Movements
Figure 12: The Decibel Scale
Chapter 8: The UK's regulatory system
The UK regulatory regime: shale gas exploration
and appraisal phases
Regulatory regime for shale gas production
phase
Effectiveness of the UK regulatory regime
Table 2: Indicative Timescales
Figure 13: Cuadrilla's view of key steps
and associated timelines
Reducing the complexity and increasing the
transparency of the regulatory regime
European developments
Chapter 9: Promoting shale gas development
in the UK
Chapter 10: Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of members and declarations
of interest
Appendix 2: List of witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for evidence
Appendix 4: Roadmap
Appendix 5: Glossary
Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/hleconomicaffairs
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References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
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Witness names without a question reference refer
to written evidence.
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