UK firm seeks fracking licence

An English-based energy firm yesterday confirmed that it has lodged an application with the Irish Government to carry out fracking exploration in west Clare.

Enegi yesterday confirmed the lodging of the application with the Department of Communication, Energy and Natural Resources after a study it commissioned confirmed a potential resource of 3.86 trillion cubic feet of shale gas.

The study carried out on behalf of Enegi by Fugro Robertson Ltd states that the recoverable resource estimates for the area to be between 1.49tn cubic feet and 3.86tn cubic feet of shale gas.