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Its gathering pace The Great Dash for gas, By Count David Fracula More Shaleys coming on stream to the stock market http://www.lse.co.uk/AllNews.asp?code=4fbk9hxe&headline=PRESS_Welsh_Shale_Gas_Explorer_UK_Onshore_Gas_To_IPO__The_Times LONDON (Alliance News) - UK Onshore Gas Ltd is planning a listing on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in the next three months to help finance its ongoing exploration programme in Wales, according to The Times Friday. The shale gas explorer, which plans to start drill testing in June, believe that Wales has so much shale gas reserves that it eventually could start exporting globally. UK Onshore Gas Chairman Gerwyn Williams told The Times that the South Wales Milford Haven terminal, which imports liquefield natural gas from shippers, could be reconfigured to export the highly sought-after resource. ?If we are successful, there is no reason why we could not export shale gas from the Milford Haven LNG terminal,? Williams said. ?If it can happen in the US, it can happen here. It?s a matter of engineering.? UK Onshore Gas is better known for its subsidiaries Coastal Oil and Gas and UK Methane, but it also has 260,000 acres of exploration acreage in Wales, with plans to drill six wells over the next two years to assess the region's shale gas reserves. The Times said that, according to a consultancy in Texas, the area between Cardiff and Swansea contains up to 50 trillion cubic feet of gas, which would meet Britain's gas needs for six years. However, Williams argues that the official estimate is too low and should be more like the Bowland shale region in the North of England, which officially holds up to 1,300 trillion cubic feet of gas. If the exploration drilling shows enough reserves, UK Onshore Gas will apply for permission to frack the wells to test how much can be recovered. ?If the well results are positive, I?m sure we would get permission to frack them,? Williams said. ?There is a lot of unemployment in South Wales. Developing a shale gas industry in South Wales would create a lot of jobs.? The shale industry in the UK is undergoing a major push, with companies like Total SA, Cuadrilla Resources Ltd, IGas Energy PLC and Egdon Resources developing fracking operations around the country. Hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, involves extracting gas trapped in shale by pumping in pressurised water and chemicals. In the US, fuel prices have falling sharply as fracking has become commonplace across such states as North Dakota and Mississippi. However, so far in Europe fracking has had mixed results - often being either controversial or unreliable. In the UK, there have been major protests against the method, which critics fear will pollute water tables in rural areas and may cause small earthquakes. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/naturalresources/article40398

Thought I had most of the Uk Shaleys nailed... Whats this Global brands, & what %%%% whom do they own?? Currentlyt in IGAS DART ALKANE UJO Europa Oil and Gas

is that it, all we are waiting for 10 days Week While Monday Monday week?????????????????????????

Pretty good Math there We got some friends over on Frontera resources and In particular COALFIELD RESOURCES ( the old UK COAL) now if theres ever a discounted SP then CRES ( COALFIELD RESOURCES ) is the one to watch.... days away from a revaluation announcement in their end of year their company is valued at £37 Mill which is 25% of the HARWORTH ESTATES ( UK COAL holding company) so what I am saying is the whole of HARWORTH ESTATES , and this is a big beast is valued at £148 Million, me thinks 400 -600 is the true value. fancy some 11th hour help over on the CRES BB?? Kenstaff

Keep up the posts... Try to post feeds from Airth if I can

If you check on recent news alkane have said they will be bidding in round 14 onshore licensing. What upside from this. Will we be bringing back aberdeen drilling??

Did the MMs take out the stops, to fill an order earlier this week??? anyway I doubled my holding in ALKANE as a result of the Dip :-D

In talks involving Peel Group developments in North West JV PEEL & Harworth would benefit ******************************************************************************************************************************** Peel Group’s launch, with property regeneration company Harworth Estates, of 60m sq ft of industrial and logistics space (with an investment value of £4bn across 66 UK sites) to the property market showed appetite is strong across sectors. City and business leaders from Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Manchester, talked of the need to work together on securing greater fiscal devolution from central government. Away from the cameras, however, the focus from the regions was on convincing investors that their city was best-placed to deliver attractive returns on investment, ahead of London. Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson told Construction News he had met with the leaders of the Beijing Construction Engineering Group to talk about development opportunities. BCEG was in MIPIM to discuss its £800m Airport City Manchester development, on which it is a 20 per cent equity partner in the scheme, alongside Carillion (20 per cent) and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (10 per cent), with Argent appointed as the development manager. Manchester Airports Group has the remaining 50 per cent share. He said: “There is more than £1bn-worth of private sector development on site in Liverpool as we speak. I’ve met with a Chinese delegation from Beijing and had six or seven meetings with investors and developers who want to come to the city. http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/sectors/offices/regions-battle-for-investment-as-market-heats-up/8660305.article?blocktitle=Analysis:-the-week's-major-talking-point&contentID=10795

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3 week Public EnquiryPublic inquiry into controversial gas drilling plans in Forth Valley... By The Daily Record@Daily_Record DART Energy propose to release natural gas from deep coal seams at Airth, near Falkirk, but have encountered strong local objections. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/public-inquiry-controversial-gas-drilling-3255583

LAst nights trading HIgh 11.5 low 111 cents cose 11.2 cents still holding following upward trend

Yeah lets hope...... Am away soon seeing my Bro in PPInes gonna get rotten drunk if I get what the SP should really be :-D our kid has access to fire crackers over there!!

Yo Delta Well my Initial reaction is that its worth a lot more than its £70 Mill uK pounds MCAP (120ish ASD$) 1100 000 000 shares at 11cents Most rests on Airth Inquiry then Any Shale Findings, In particular Igas Barton site which is CBM drilling with a view to revealing the Shale Sample findings soon..... the 2013 report shows no debt??? They have the backing of a major Oil Co.. & prob will be more aggressive than previous drillers?? So certainly at then moment the SP may drift certainly up to 25 cents this year IMO, ALL UK SHALE COs have upside dependant on the first SHALE £££££sss Lets hope for a least NO BAD news at Airth, Im sure they have the nod on it anyway

400 Mill plus valuation We are 25% of that

Not yet perhaps we need to look at this. fancy helping??

Arley Community Centre in Gun Hill is hosting the session on Tuesday, March 18 from 4pm until 6pm. "Harworth Estates wants to invite members of the local community to a public consultation event to show their emerging plans for the former Daw Mill Colliery site," said a spokesperson for North Warwickshire Borough Council. Read more: http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Daw-Colliery-consultation-event-today-future-pit/story-20823581-detail/story.html#ixzz2wOZt0zoB WILL THIS BE PART SOLD TO ALKANE???? FOR COAL MINE METHANE TAKE OFF MALTBY COLLIERY bought for £6 MILLION last year??

YORKSHIRE, UK—Harworth Estates, a UK redevelopment company, has arranged financing for, and begun marketing on the first speculative industrial development in Yorkshire for six years. The funding will enable Harworth to move dirt next month on 100,000 square-feet of industrial units on seven acres of land at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham, Yorkshire. The development, called R-evolution @ The AMP, received detailed entitlements in February. In two separate transactions Harworth has completed a forward-purchase agreement for the first phase of the development with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council for $7.15 million (£4.3M) and secured a $4.4 million (£2.7M) loan from the Sheffield City Region Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas (JESSICA) Fund. “We will deliver a first-class development for Rotherham Council,” said Owen Michaelson, chief executive of Harworth Estates. “In a region where the availability of equivalent-quality stock is reducing, we expect to attract top-quality tenants, which will allow Rotherham to benefit from secure, long-term rental income from the development.” The forward-purchasing agreement will involve Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council taking ownership of R-evolution’s first phase when it is completed in October 2014. Harworth will be responsible for the delivery and the leasing of the development. The money from Sheffield City Region’s JESSICA Fund, which was set up to support infrastructure and real estate investment opportunities across the region, will pay for infrastructure works and the construction of new manufacturing units at R-evolution. “The Advanced Manufacturing Park is synonymous globally with cutting edge expertise in advanced manufacturing technology, and as a result there is strong demand from high quality manufacturing businesses, who want to join the world-class companies already located here in Rotherham,” said Paul Woodcock, director of planning, regeneration & culture, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council “The R-evolution project will provide opportunities for these businesses to grow at the AMP, both further enhancing the reputation of the Park and benefitting Rotherham through the creation of more high quality jobs and investment into the borough.” R-evolution @ The AMP is located at Harworth’s Waverley site, which is being transformed into Yorkshire’s largest-ever mixed-use development. The 740-acre development comprises an Advanced Manufacturing Park with world-leading occupiers, employment development and a new community of 4,000 homes along with shops, restaurants, schools, leisure & community facilities and parks. The Advanced Manufacturing Park is the UK's premier advanced manufacturing technology park. Businesses on the park already provide world-class technology solutions for use in precision industries

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Protestors demonstrated outside as the first Public Local Inquiry into a planning bid to extract coal bed methane from the Airth countryside opened in a Polmont hotel today. Members of Concerned Communities of Falkirk, Falkirk Against Unconventional Gas and Friends of the Earth Scotland are fighting plans by Dart Energy to drill 22 wells and build a gas delivery, water treatment plant and pipeline on a four acre site at Letham Moss. The company is ready to invest £120 million in the project to reach coal seams 3600 feet underground and tap into an estimated nine to 14 billion cubic feet of gas to help meet the UKs energy needs over the next 20 years. It called on the Scottish Government to hold an inquiry into its planning application after Falkirk Council delayed its decision. Douglas Bain, the company’s UK manager, said: “We’re pleased to have the opportunity of demonstrating the important strategic role gas will play in delivering safe, secure and economical energy to the UK in the coming decades.” Mary Church of Friends of the Earth Scotland claimed: “By drilling into untouched coal seams and mobilising methane and toxic chemicals to escape through faults in the ground, Dart’s proposals could seriouslsy jeopardise Scotland’s climate targets as well as posing grave questions for local communities.” The inquiry in the Inchyra Grange Hotel before lead Reporter Karen Heywood is expected to last three weeks http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/local-news/demonstrators-gather-as-public-inquiry-into-dart-energy-gas-drilling-plans-begins-1-3344427

Dart Energy has outlined plans to drill 22 wells in an area near Airth known as Letham Moss. The development site straddles the boundary of Falkirk and Stirling councils. The company's proposal to extract methane from the coal bed deep underground have faced opposition from local residents and campaigners. The inquiry into the gas drilling plans is expected to last about three weeks More than 2,500 people have lodged objections to the proposals. Dart Energy has insisted its plans will not involve hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as "fracking". But the environmental group, Friends of the Earth Scotland, claimed coal bed methane extraction carries many similar risks to the process of extracting shale gas by hydraulic fracturing. And it said the industry often resorts to hydraulic fracturing to increase productivity once the gas flow from wells begins to decline after several years of operation. 'Methane myths' Dart Energy said the public inquiry will provide it with an opportunity to allay concerns in the community and correct what it describes as "the many myths" surrounding the production of coal bed methane. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-26625385