Challenge 1: Assessing and Monitoring the UK Shale Gas Landscape (UKSGL)
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Natural & Environmental Sciences
Abstract
Gas (and oil) can be extracted from shale using a process known as hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking'. This form of hydrocarbon extraction has yet to be fully deployed in the UK. The 'shale gas landscape' (SGL) in the UK is a complex set of social and technical factors that will change over the coming years as permission is sought for wells to be drilled and hydraulically fractured. When drilling and fracking takes place, we will learn whether gas recovery is economically viable and can be carried out in a socially acceptable way. Furthermore, our knowledge of the potential environmental impacts associated with the fracking process will be enhanced.
The key aim of this project, 'Assessing and Monitoring the UK Shale Gas Landscape' (UKSGL) is to create a cross-cutting consortium, which will work closely with researchers from the other challenges to produce a series of published review papers summarising up to date knowledge of this evolving complex landscape. In addition, the project will develop a conceptual model, incorporating comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the SGL, enabling predictions about the future of the UKSGL and allowing the testing of specific scenarios as directed by Programme Advisory Board members. Key to the success of this project will be delivering excellence with impact - ensuring that the project maximises benefit through open and transparent engagement with key stakeholders to communicate social, environmental and geo science data and findings. The project will harness a range of information sharing tools and technologies to actively engage with stakeholders, including a UKSGL website; publication of open-access research papers; organisation of an annual conference, overseen by an experienced Knowledge Broker.
The key aim of this project, 'Assessing and Monitoring the UK Shale Gas Landscape' (UKSGL) is to create a cross-cutting consortium, which will work closely with researchers from the other challenges to produce a series of published review papers summarising up to date knowledge of this evolving complex landscape. In addition, the project will develop a conceptual model, incorporating comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the SGL, enabling predictions about the future of the UKSGL and allowing the testing of specific scenarios as directed by Programme Advisory Board members. Key to the success of this project will be delivering excellence with impact - ensuring that the project maximises benefit through open and transparent engagement with key stakeholders to communicate social, environmental and geo science data and findings. The project will harness a range of information sharing tools and technologies to actively engage with stakeholders, including a UKSGL website; publication of open-access research papers; organisation of an annual conference, overseen by an experienced Knowledge Broker.
Planned Impact
We have identified the following groups of beneficiaries: policy makers; regulators; operators; environmental Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs); and professional organisations. Our project's governance structure has been established to allow a representative from the key beneficiaries, along with the Management Team, to provide direction through involvement on the Programme Advisory Board (PAB). The identified beneficiaries and the value and impact they will gain is detailed below.
1. Policy makers and regulators at a national level. We have secured representation from the Shale Gas team at BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) on the PAB. Additionally, there will be representation on the PAB of key regulation organisations, namely, the Environment Agency and Public Health England. We aim to collaborate with other regulation organisations, such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and the Mineral Planning Authority through their connections with the Challenge 2-5 research teams.
2. Operators. The deliverables of this project will influence and change existing good practice guidance and Best Available Techniques (BAT) for shale gas extraction. We will work with the UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) representative body to ensure an open dialogue with all onshore operators. We will endeavour to collaborate directly with operators, including Third Energy and Ineos through our wider stakeholder engagement activities.
3. Environmental NGOs. There is significant concern about the potential environmental impacts associated with fracking amongst several conservation charities. This project will engage with this group of stakeholders so that they can benefit from and contribute to our outputs and deliverables.
4. Professional organisations, such as chartered institutes and society bodies will also benefit from data and information to update their membership and for inclusion in briefing notes and position statements.
5. Additional stakeholders, who we will engage with include local government (e.g. planning officers; planning committee) and local communities and members of the public from both sides of the shale gas debate. We will provide up to date, impartial and easily accessible information through our project webpage. As part of our Pathways to Impact, we have planned a range of knowledge exchange activities to facilitate two-way discussions between the project team and the stakeholders. One example is the formation of a Stakeholder Group (SG) to engage with a broader cross section of activists, journalists and politicians. The composition of the SG and Terms of Reference will be agreed by the PAB at their inaugural meeting.
We will implement a range of techniques, methods and activities as part of the UKSGL project to engage with key stakeholders to ensure maximum benefit and impact. Information dissemination and knowledge exchange activities will include:
- development of a UKSGL website, which will be used to publish review papers, video summaries and updates from the other challenges;
- provision of open-access publications;
- use of social media platforms for raising awareness of important research results;
- development of an open-access UKSGL model, which can be updated with peer-reviewed data and information during the project;
- organisation of an annual conference to aid collaboration with all other challenges; and
- stakeholder workshops will take place on an annual basis to engage with a broader cross section of activists, journalists and politicians.
1. Policy makers and regulators at a national level. We have secured representation from the Shale Gas team at BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) on the PAB. Additionally, there will be representation on the PAB of key regulation organisations, namely, the Environment Agency and Public Health England. We aim to collaborate with other regulation organisations, such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and the Mineral Planning Authority through their connections with the Challenge 2-5 research teams.
2. Operators. The deliverables of this project will influence and change existing good practice guidance and Best Available Techniques (BAT) for shale gas extraction. We will work with the UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) representative body to ensure an open dialogue with all onshore operators. We will endeavour to collaborate directly with operators, including Third Energy and Ineos through our wider stakeholder engagement activities.
3. Environmental NGOs. There is significant concern about the potential environmental impacts associated with fracking amongst several conservation charities. This project will engage with this group of stakeholders so that they can benefit from and contribute to our outputs and deliverables.
4. Professional organisations, such as chartered institutes and society bodies will also benefit from data and information to update their membership and for inclusion in briefing notes and position statements.
5. Additional stakeholders, who we will engage with include local government (e.g. planning officers; planning committee) and local communities and members of the public from both sides of the shale gas debate. We will provide up to date, impartial and easily accessible information through our project webpage. As part of our Pathways to Impact, we have planned a range of knowledge exchange activities to facilitate two-way discussions between the project team and the stakeholders. One example is the formation of a Stakeholder Group (SG) to engage with a broader cross section of activists, journalists and politicians. The composition of the SG and Terms of Reference will be agreed by the PAB at their inaugural meeting.
We will implement a range of techniques, methods and activities as part of the UKSGL project to engage with key stakeholders to ensure maximum benefit and impact. Information dissemination and knowledge exchange activities will include:
- development of a UKSGL website, which will be used to publish review papers, video summaries and updates from the other challenges;
- provision of open-access publications;
- use of social media platforms for raising awareness of important research results;
- development of an open-access UKSGL model, which can be updated with peer-reviewed data and information during the project;
- organisation of an annual conference to aid collaboration with all other challenges; and
- stakeholder workshops will take place on an annual basis to engage with a broader cross section of activists, journalists and politicians.
Organisations
- Newcastle University (Lead Research Organisation)
- UKOOG (UK Onshore Operators Group) (Project Partner)
- Public Health England (Project Partner)
- Environment Agency (Project Partner)
- World Wide Fund for Nature WWF (UK) (Project Partner)
- Texas Tech University (Project Partner)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Project Partner)
- Royal Society of Chemistry (Project Partner)
Publications
Allen M
(2020)
Geomechanical and petrographic assessment of a CO2 storage site: Application to the Acorn CO2 Storage Site, offshore United Kingdom
in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Aryee F
(2020)
Shale Gas Development and Community Distress: Evidence from England.
in International journal of environmental research and public health
Baptie B
(2020)
Seismic Magnitudes, Corner Frequencies, and Microseismicity: Using Ambient Noise to Correct for High-Frequency Attenuation
in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Beynon S
(2020)
Dry, damp, or drenched? The effect of water saturation on the frictional properties of clay fault gouges
in Journal of Structural Geology
Blake O
(2020)
The Effect of Effective Pressure on the Relationship Between Static and Dynamic Young's Moduli and Poisson's Ratio of Naparima Hill Formation Mudstones
in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
Blake O
(2020)
Using the Q factor to detect closed microfractures
in GEOPHYSICS
Bradshaw M
(2022)
'We're going all out for shale:' explaining shale gas energy policy failure in the United Kingdom
in Energy Policy
Bradshaw M
(2022)
'We're going all out for shale:' explaining shale gas energy policy failure in the United Kingdom
in Energy Policy
Description | A review of the economic and social impacts of shale gas in the UK through publication of the UKUH benchmark series. |
Exploitation Route | The outcomes of this funding have been cited by the media (Drill or Drop). The outcomes will be used to communicate the findings of the research to members of the public and key stakeholders. Influencing energy policy through presentation of outcomes to BEIS. |
Sectors | Energy Environment |
URL | http://www.ukuh.org/ |
Description | C1's Mike Bradshaw is a co-author on Review of Energy Policy 2021 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://ukerc.ac.uk/publications/rep21/ |
Description | Contribution to Royal Society Bibliometric Review |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/shale-gas/bibliometric-assessment-of-global-shale-g... |
Description | Professor R Davies attended Q&A at the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Description | Review panel members for National Audit Office report |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Fracking-for-shale-gas-in-England.pdf |
Description | Funding for Business Engagement Activities |
Amount | £1,300 (GBP) |
Organisation | Newcastle University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 05/2020 |
Description | QR-SPF FUNDING |
Amount | £4,482 (GBP) |
Organisation | Newcastle University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2021 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Annual Science Meeting 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | An opportunity for all researchers and academics from across the UKUH Programme to come together to discuss outputs to date and communicate findings to key stakeholders and project partners. The keynote theme was 'Post-covid recovery and the UK Energy Landscape'. We also used this as an opportunity to engage with international partners, CSIRO. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Annual Science Meeting 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The final Annual Science Meeting for the UKUH project was held in Newcastle and take place from Wednesday 8 June. This all day interdisciplinary conference event featured three panels. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | http://www.ukuh.org/events/finalannualsciencemeeting-june2022/ |
Description | Annual Science Meeting- UKUH |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | An Annual Science Meeting for UKUH researchers and academics to showcase their research to stakeholders, programme advisers and funders. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.ukuh.org/events/ |
Description | Bloomberg Radio Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Michael Bradshaw interviewed on the possible return of shale gas in the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Dippy on Tour |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The ambition of 'The Earth Elevator: visualising the resources under our feet' is to deliver two-way engagement with visitors to the Great North Museum:Hancock to help them better understand the resources of the subsurface. Through a projected animation, visitors will travel through the subsurface in geological time encountering man-made structures and natural resources along their way. Starting at the near-surface, we will show structures and activities including pipes, sewers, the Metro line, aquifers, landfills, opencast coal extraction, and where we have mined for building materials. Then we will travel through geological time illustrating significant events and activities along the way, including evolution of humans, extinction of dinosaurs, first mammals and dinosaurs, location of fossils, location of deep geothermal energy, depth of conventional oil and gas extraction, deepest borehole, and depth of shale gas extraction. Importantly, the animation will be to scale - giving the audience a unique experience of travelling to a depth 2,000m below their feet. Furthermore, these depths and timescales will be put into context to provide local interest, e.g. how many Grey's Monuments would it take to reach a fracking site. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://youtu.be/MZk8ojY6PlM |
Description | Early Careers Researcher - Writing Retreat |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The ECR writing retreat took place on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 March 2022 at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. It followed the model of a structured writing retreat. Structured writing retreats have been shown to create dedicated writing time, foster peer support; they can also enable academics to make long-term changes to their writing practices. The UKUH ECR writing retreat was facilitated by writer and coach Dr Nicole Janz, who has a wealth of experience facilitating writing retreats, writing challenges (e.g. as part of November writing month #acwrimo) and goal setting workshops. Nicole provided resources ahead of time (e.g. on goal setting) and gave support with roadblocks and writing challenges during the retreat. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | http://www.ukuh.org/events/earlycareersresearcher-writingretreat/ |
Description | Erasmus+ CPD |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Richard Davies, Mike Bradshaw and Rob Ward contributed to the delivery of a Continuing Professional Development series funded by Erasmus+. The first event focused on regulation and policy of shale gas extraction in the UK and the second on environmental and health impacts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.refine.org.uk/events/ |
Description | Gas crisis fuels call for UK to update energy security policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | In response to the ongoing gas crisis, Mike Bradshaw of C1 is quoted in The Guardian December 2021: "Reaching net zero will transform the way we produce and use energy but as we go through this transition we need gas by design, not the assumed position of gas by default" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/15/gas-crisis-fuels-call-for-uk-to-update-energy-secur... |
Description | Gas price spike: how UK government failures made a global crisis worse |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The UK government has been in emergency talks with leaders from the energy industry as gas prices (and with them, electricity prices) have soared to more than four times the level they were at the same time in 2020. Read the full article published in The Conversation by Professor Michael Bradshaw. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/gas-price-spike-how-uk-government-failures-made-a-global-crisis-worse-16... |
Description | Insight Discussions Session 6 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | "Fracking bad language: hydraulic fracturing, earthquake risks, and expertise" Dr Jen Roberts and Dr Clare Bond Session Chair: Dr James Verdon |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | http://www.ukuh.org/events/insightdiscussions/session6/ |
Description | Integration Event - Taking Stock and Looking Ahead |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | This event was designed to allow interdisciplinary working and to answer the following questions: - What progress has been made to date within UKUH? - What are our future research plans? - How can our research outputs generate insights to tackle timely questions on net zero, energy justice, levelling-up etc? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Integration Event 4 - March 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | The 4th Integration Event focused on the Synthesis and Impact of the Open Call Projects and all Social Science Updates. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | http://www.ukuh.org/events/integrationevent4-march2022/ |
Description | Integration Events |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The UKUH academics and researchers have come together with stakeholders to discuss key parts of the UK shale gas landscape on two occasions to date. The first event was held to discuss the unknowns around seismicity induced by hydraulic fracturing; the second was around the role of gas in the meeting the UKs Net Zero targets. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
URL | http://www.ukuh.org/events/integrationevent-jan2020/ |
Description | Interview for National News |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Richard Davies interviewed on Channel 5 news following media interest in the potential return of fracking. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Interview on regional radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Richard Davies discusses fracking-triggered earthquakes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://bbc.in/2OfEQeh |
Description | Meeting with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A meeting was held with policy advisers at BEIS to discuss the progress of the UKUH programme and hear their feedback. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Old UK oilwells could be turned into CO2 burial test sites |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PI Richard Davies interviewed about UKUH legacy project, Net Zero Rise, in the Guardian. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/06/old-uk-oilwells-co2-burial-test-sites-hydrogen |
Description | Piece in the Conversation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | UKUH programme member and Research Fellow in Environmental Politics at University of Sussex Dr. Laurence Williams has published this thought-provoking article on Politics and Fracking in The Conversation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/why-fracking-holds-such-symbolic-power-for-the-conservative-right-191393 |
Description | Programme Advisory Board meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 16 members made up of academics, environmental NGOs, professional organisations and industry met to hear about the progress of the Unconventional Hydrocarbons in the UK Energy System Programme. They were able to contribute with their expertise to influence the direction of the programme, specifically with regards to the next programme event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Quotation in article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Fracking Company Cuadrilla Breached Environmental Regulations Seven Times in 10 Months - The article quotes Professor Davies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://bit.ly/2DelF3N |
Description | Radio interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Richard Davies talks about the impact of fracking, following a 1.1 magnitude tremor at the exploration site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://bbc.in/2JrBUKW |
Description | Radio interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Richard Davies interviewed on the news re: Cuadrilla decommissioning shale gas wells. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The Conversation Article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Why fracking is not the answer to soaring UK gas prices |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit's Insights Piece |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Mark Ireland and Rachel Brown have joined Dr. Jo Hopkins of University of Leeds to co-write an article in The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit's Insights, "Fracking for energy security in the UK: 4 key considerations for government." The piece covers shale gas supply, induced seismicity, planning regimes, and the UK's climate change targets. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://eciu.net/insights/2022/fracking-for-energy-security-in-the-uk-4-key-considerations-for-gover... |
Description | UKUH EDI Training Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | The UKUH EDI Training Workshop on the 21st of July from 9:30 to 11:30 am. The workshop was delivered by Sonya Barlow, CEO of the LMF Network. Sonya has a wealth of experience and knowledge being an EDI facilitator in both STEM and university environments. In 2020, Sonya Barlow was named as one of the Most Influential Women in Tech (Computerweekly), Winner of the Women in Software Changemakers (Makers and Google), Top 50 BAME Entrepreneurs (TechRound), Future Shaper 2020 (Marie Claire) and Forbes 30 Under 30 Shortlist runner up 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | UKUH Research Seminar Series |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | An opportunity for intradisciplinary working within the Programme. The seminars were designed to allow cross-challenge thematic discussions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | UKUH Shard Finale |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | The UKUH Finale event was held at The Shard in London on October 12th, 2022.The event marked the culmination of our four year, £8M multidisciplinary research programme, which included a range of topics spanning from understanding shale gas resources in the UK to quantification of environmental impacts and the understanding of public attitudes to shale gas. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | http://www.ukuh.org/ukuhfinale/ |
Description | UKUH Summer Seminar Series |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | A series of online lunchtime seminars were convened in 2020 and 2021 to disseminate and debate research findings and their implication for Net Zero. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Why fracking in UK will not fix fuel bills and is economically high risk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PI RIchard Davies interviewed by The Guardian regarding fracking and energy costs in 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/08/fracking-uk-not-fix-fuel-bills-economically-high... |
Description | World service radio interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Richard Davies discusses the wider economic and environmental impact of fracking. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://bbc.in/2OpuLR0 |
Description | quoted in news article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Richard Davies is quoted in this article about fracking-triggered microquakes |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://bit.ly/2OvPI7U |