Geologist casts doubt on shale gas claims

A geologist has cast doubt on claims that there is a vast reservoir of shale gas in west Clare of up to 3.86trn cubic feet.

Last night, three geologists addressed a group in the west Clare resort of Kilkee who are opposing plans by a British-based energy company, Enegi, to commence fracking to extract the shale gas in west Clare.

In December, Enegi had published a study which found recoverable resource estimates for the area to between 1.49trn cubic feet and 3.86trn cubic feet of shale gas.