Ineos buys tracking rights around Grangemouth and Firth of Forth

摘要

INEOS, THE company at the centre of Last year's bitter dispute with unions at its Grangemouth petrochemical plant, has bought the rights to explore tracking for shale gas in a 127 square mile area around Grangemouth and the Firth of Forth. The company, which is controlled by Switzerland-based multimillionaire Jim Ratcliffe, said it had bought 51 per cent of the rights to tracking licence PEDL 133, which covers the Midland Valley of Scotland.