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I wish to inform Members of the publication on the Welsh Government website today of a document, ‘A Study of Potential Unconventional Gas Resource in Wales’ commissioned to further our understanding of the potential resource in Wales.   

The study, undertaken by the British Geological Survey, provides a comprehensive summary of all the currently available information on the resource, both onshore and immediately offshore. It also considers methods of exploration and development of the resource, including shale gas, coal bed methane and underground coal gasification, and reviews the potential impacts of any development on the environment and health.


A number of geological horizons in Wales that might be prospective for gas are indicated in the study, but an assessment of the potential resource is only possible through further exploration and research.


Energy Wales recognises the role of gas as a key transitional fuel in the move to a low carbon energy system. A strategy of Energy Wales is also to ensure that the economy and people of Wales benefit from energy developments and that we focus on projects that deliver the greatest value.  


We recognise there is a need to evaluate whether indigenous gas resources can contribute to the energy mix. This study provides a suitable foundation on which we can develop a fuller understanding of the potential benefits and disbenefits of unconventional gas development to the people of Wales. We have also committed to commission a Study to define the economic benefits and dis\-benefits of unconventional gas development in Wales. We expect to publish those conclusions later in the year.


 


 







Translation:


 
Rwyn dymuno hysbysu'r Aelodau o'r ddogfen a gyhoeddwyd heddiw ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru o'r enw 'A Study of Potential Unconventional Gas Resource in Wales', a gomisiynwyd i wella ein dealltwriaeth o'r adnodd posibl ar gyfer Cymru.    
Mae'r astudiaeth, a gynhahliwyd gan y British Geological Survey, yn rhoi crynodeb cynhwysfawr o'r holl wybodaeth sydd ar gael ar hyn o bryd am  yr adnodd, ar y môr ac ar y tir.  Mae hefyd yn ystyried dulliau o chwilio am yr adnodd, a'i ddatblygu, gan gynnwys nwy siâl, methan gwely glo a nwyeiddio glo tanddaearol, ac adolygiadau o effaith bosib unrhyw ddatblygiad ar yr amgylchedd ac ar iechyd.  

Mae nifer o greigiau yng Nghymru a allai gynnwys nwy wedi'u nodi yn yr astudiaeth, ond dim ond drwy archwilio ac ymchwilio ymhellach y gellir asesu'r adnodd posibl sydd ar gael.  

Mae Ynni Cymru yn cydnabod swyddogaeth nwy fel tanwydd allweddol wrth symud i system ynni carbon isel.  Strategaeth gan Ynni Cymru  hefyd yw sicrhau bod economi a phobl Cymru yn manteision o ddatblygiadau ynni, a'n bod yn canolbwyntio ar brosiectau sy'n rhoi'r gwerth gorau.    

Rydym yn cydnabod bod angen gwerthuso a yw'n bosibl i adnoddau nwy cynhenid gyfrannu at y gymysgedd ynni.  Mae'r astudiaeth hon yn rhoi sylfaen addas i ddatblygu dealltwriaeth ehangach o fanteision ac anfanteision posibl datblygu nwy anghonfensiynol i bobl Cymru.  Rydym hefyd wedi ymrwymo i gomisiynu Astudiaeth i ddiffinio manteision ac anfanteision datblygu nwy anghonfensiynol yng Nghymru.  Rydym yn disgwyl cyhoeddi'r casgliadau hynny yn ddiweddarach yn y flwyddyn.