What is fracking and why is it controversial?

The government states that it plans to adopt a law on the constant ban on the shale gas in England.

The last government was created by a moratorium in practice, but in recent weeks after the reform of the political party was committed to the reform of the political party, committed to the support of Frexing, if it came to power.

Scottish and Welsh governments still remain against this practice.

Hydraulic gap or flasking is a method for restoring gas and oil from a shale cliff. It includes drilling to the Earth and the direction of a mixture of water, sand and high -pressure chemists to free gas inside.

Wells can be drilled vertically or horizontally to free gas.

Injection of liquid at high pressure in the rock can cause the thickness of the earth – small movements on the surface of the earth.

In 2019, more than 120 shocks were recorded During drilling on the Cuadrilla site in BlackpoolField

Seismic events of this scale are considered insignificant and are rarely felt by people, but they are concerned for local residents.

Slantsy gas is also fossil fuel, and the campaign participants say that it allows Frexing to distract energy companies and governments from investment in renewable and green energy sources.

Fracking also uses a huge amount of water, which should be delivered to the site with significant environmental costs.

State policy regarding Frexing in recent years. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss hoped to introduce practice again, despite the local opposition, but later this was changed by Rishi Sunaku, who introduced the moratorium.

In October 2025, at the conference of the Labor Party, Energy Minister Ed Miliband said that the government will move to law against Frexing, forever prohibiting practice.

This follows the obligation made by the Labor Party in his manifesto and further obligations of Prime Minister Sir Keira Starmer in September that this practice will be “prohibited forever”.

But the reform stated that she would strive to allow practice if it would be chosen as part of her “war” with renewed developers.

In his speech at the conference, Miliband said that the practice was: “Dangerous and deeply harmful to our natural environment.

“The good news is that the communities have fought back and won this battle earlier and will do it again,” he added.

Frecking for shale gas in the UK previously took place on a small scale from many public and legal problems.

However, the study Identified the large struggles of shale gas All over Great Britain, especially in North England.

More than 100 reconnaissance and drilling licenses were awarded to firms such as Third Energy, Igas, Aurora Energy Resources and Ineos.

Cuadrilla was the only company that consented to start a flasking.

He drilled two wells on the site in Lancashir, but Faced with repeated protests From local residents and participants in the campaign.

In 2022, the Oil and Gaza Department was reported by Kuadrill Constantly concrete and leave the wells.

Great Britain can satisfy only 48% of its demand for gas from internal delivery (it will be 54% if it had not exported gas).

Some deputies argue that restarting drilling in two existing cuadrillah wells can be made quickly and will provide significant reserves.

Cuadrilla claimed that “only 10%” of gas from shale deposits in Lancashire and adjacent regions “could ensure the current demand for gas in the UK for 50 years”.

Energy experts dispute this, indicating that the reserves of the shale gas of Great Britain are stored in complex layers of the breed.

Mike Bradshaw, Professor Global Energy at the University of Warurik, says that the assessment of how much shale gas in the UK does not coincide with the amount of gas, which can be commercially produced.

But Professor Jeffrey Meitland, a professor of energy engineering at the Imperial College of London, said that Fracking could give temporary assistance.

“Despite the fact that shale gas will not provide an immediate solution to the country's energy security, it can be used in the medium term to replace the reduction in gas production in the North Sea and some gas import,” he said.

It is believed that Fracking has provided the energy security of the United States and Canada over the next 100 years and provided the opportunity to generate electricity on half of CO2 of coal emissions.

But the complex geology of Great Britain and the higher density of people makes the extraction of a more complex, According to experts.

Freking remains prohibited in many EU countries, including Germany, France and Spain, as well as in Australia.

The authorities in countries, including Brazil and Argentina, are divided, some prohibit practice, while others allow operations.