The frackers are back: but will there ever be a British shale gas boom?

Pending a legal challenge, Cuadrilla will start work on a well this week - and answer key questions about the industry's viabilityFracking is due to return to the UK this week, as the shale gas company Cuadrilla prepares to start operations at a well in Lancashire - provided it can see off a last-minute legal challenge.It will be the first horizontal shale well to be fracked in the UK. The drills have penetrated two kilometres deep and later this week Cuadrilla will pump in water, sand and chemicals at high pressure to fracture the rock and release the gas. Continue reading...