OEUK highlighted that natural gas extracted from the North Sea has a significantly lower emissions footprint compared to imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), which often involves more environmentally taxing transportation and processing methods.
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Fracking has been going on in the British oil and gas sector for decades and largely flew under the political radar until about 2010, when shale gas extraction started taking off in the United States. At the time, Charles Hendry was the energy minister and at first, he was cautiously optimistic about the prospects for a US-style shale gas boom. But the abortive fracking efforts of the last decade or so have turned the former Tory MP into a sceptic.
