Scotland unlikely to match England's unconventional reserves

The British Geological Survey concluded that the region could hold around 80.3 trillion cubic feet of shale gas

Scotland could have sizeable unconventional oil and gas reserves, but they’re unlikely to match the resources held by England, the British Geological Survey (BGS) concluded. A recent survey carried out by the BGS said the Midland Valley in Scotland could hold between 49.4 trillion cubic feet (cf) and 134.6 trillion cf of shale gas. The mid-estimate for the resource is 80.3 trillion cf. The range for estimated shale oil-in-place is between 3.2 billion barrels and 11.2bn barrels, the report said, with a central estimate of 6bn barrels.   Scotland’s Midland Valley lies beneath the country’s Central Belt, running from from Girvan to Greenock in the west, and Dunbar to Stonehaven in the east. The