Yahoo: Safety Fears Over Fracking Checks

Anti-fracking campaigners have accused the shale industry of wanting companies "to be allowed to mark their own homework" by suggesting independent checks on wells could be done in-house.

A report by the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering on shale set out recommendations to ensure fracking for oil and gas in the UK could be done safely, including measures to ensure wells do not leak methane into water supplies.

It called for guidelines for independent examination of wells drilled by a company to be clarified to ensure the examiner is employed by a separate company, warning "the independence of the scheme must not be compromised".

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