IGas Energy Plc welcomes the publication by the Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) of an independent expert report into the impacts of shale gas operations on seismic activity.

IGas Energy fully supports the view of DECC's Chief Scientific Advisor David MacKay that if shale gas is to be part of the UK's energy mix we need to have a good understanding of its potential environmental impacts and what can be done to mitigate those impacts. We support the reports recommendation for "an effective monitoring system and a traffic light control regime". IGas Energy will be responding positively during the consultation period.

IGas Energy has interests in a variety of onshore hydrocarbons including conventional oil and gas, coal bed methane and shale gas. IGas is one of the largest onshore producers of hydrocarbons in the UK with a track record since the early 1980's, including more recently pilot sites for the extraction of coal bed methane in the North West of England.

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