UK shale players set to educate and organise
Shale-gas players must help educate regulators, local authorities and the public if they wish to ensure the nascent sector's success in the UK, with industry experts also warning that the UK's complex planning permission procedures could stall the growth of unconventionals. Speaking at a shale gas debate in London, hosted by Petroleum Economist in association with Lloyds Register Energy, Katie Klaber, founder of the Klaber Group and a former chief executive of the US-based Marcellus Shale Coalition, told delegates that educating regulators would be crucial to the industry. "Local government has a key role to play but it's going to take a combination of modernising regulatory rules to make s

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