Diplomat predicted earthquakes in Britain due to shale gas

MOSCOW, 26 Aug — PRIME. If Britain lifts the moratorium on shale gas fracking, this could lead to environmental and seismic consequences, said Russian Charge d’Affaires in Britain Alexander Gusarov.

“They started seriously discussing the idea of ​​lifting the moratorium on shale gas production by the UK introduced in 2019 through fracking, that is, hydraulic fracturing. I think it’s not worth explaining what such technologies can lead to in fairly small and densely populated British Isles and from a seismic point of view,” he said on the TV channel “Russia 24”

The British Cabinet imposed a ban on gas production by fracking in November 2019 due to the risk of seismic activity. Fracking is a method of extracting energy resources, including shale gas, by hydraulic fracturing. In the United States at the beginning of this century, thanks to him, the “shale revolution” began, which seriously changed the world oil market and led to lower energy prices. The technology has been heavily criticized by a number of experts and environmentalists and has been banned in a number of countries.