View of London. File photoMOSCOW, Mar 9UK authorities are considering a return to shale gas production using fracking — hydraulic fracturing, according to the Daily Telegraph.»Prime Minister wants his ministers to reconsider the issue about whether hydraulic fracturing, which has been under a “moratorium” for more than two years, can help diversify the country’s energy supply,” the publication notes. Earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke of the need to work to reduce dependence on Russian oil and gas. Minister for Business, Energy and Industry of the country Kwasi Kwarteng said that the UK will stop importing Russian oil and oil products by the end of 2022. The UK government introduced a ban on gas production by fracking in November 2019 due to the risk of seismic activity. Fracking is a production method energy resources, including shale gas, by hydraulic fracturing. In the United States at the beginning of this century, thanks to him, the «shale revolution» began, which seriously changed the world oil market and led to lower energy prices. The technology has received serious criticism from a number of experts and environmentalists and has been banned in a number of countries.
