While a recent study from the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated that the United Kingdom could hold 20 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas in shale formations, perhaps enough to “help the UK increase its security of supply,” the report concludes “it is unlikely shale gas will be a ‘game changer’ in the UK to the extent as it has been in the U.S. In addition, according to the report, the UK’s higher population density and stricter environmental regulations compared to the U.S. will mean that shale gas development will have to be more carefully regulated.
Habang ang isang kamakailang pag-aaral mula sa US Energy Information Administration tinatantya na ang United Kingdom ay maaaring hawakan 20000000000000 kubiko paa ng technically mababawi natural na gas sa pisara pagbuo, sapat na marahil na "tulungan ang UK taasan nito seguridad ng panustos," idinagdag niya ang ulat "ito ay Malabong pisara gas ay magiging isang 'changer laro' sa UK sa sukdulang bilang lumampas na ito sa US Bukod pa rito, ayon sa mga ulat, mas mataas na populasyon density ang UK at stricter regulasyon sa kapaligiran kumpara sa US ay mangangahulugan-unlad pisara gas na Magkakaroon na ng higit maingat na kinokontrol.