10 times as much gas lies under the North of England than expected - and it could make the UK self sufficient for at least 15 years

Daily Mail

• IGas has carried out technical studies which suggest the quantity of shale gas in parts of the UK have been vastly underestimated
• A 300 sq mile area contains up to 172.3 trillion cubic feet of shale gas, the company says
• The UK uses 3 trillion cubic feet of gas a year, of which half is imported