UK government calls for shale gas patience

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London—The UK gas industry must be patient while waiting for decisions about developing potential shale gas resources as the government considers oversight and carbon impact, according to senior government officials, but at the same time it is looking at fiscal incentives to spur development. UK energy secretary Ed Davey told the Gastech conference October 8 in London that he would like to see more development of domestic resources, but not at any cost. Finance minister George Osborne said later in the day that London was looking at the provision of fiscal incentives to help develop a shale gas industry.