UPI: British shale gas appeal in decline

Natural gas coaxed from British shale deposits is likely not the game-changer once expected for the country's energy sector, officials say.

Cuadrilla Resources announced last year that it voluntarily halted shale gas extraction at a site in northwest England because of small tremors reported in the area near its operations.

British energy officials, however, had said that with strict environmental rules already in place in the country, there is no need for a moratorium on shale gas operations.  MORE