Potential UK oil discovery in South of England 'significant'
Source: BBC
There could be up to 100 billion barrels of oil onshore beneath the South of England, says exploration firm UK Oil & Gas Investments (UKOG).
Last year, the firm drilled a well at Horse Hill, near Gatwick Airport, and analysis of that well suggests the local area could hold 158 million barrels of oil per square mile.
But only a fraction of the 100 billion total would be recovered, UKOG admits.
The North Sea has produced about 45 billion barrels in 40 years.
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olddad56
(5,732 posts)mallard
(569 posts)... how much effort has been put into North Sea oil with all the dangers involves, and this was right under their noses for centuries unknown?
T_i_B
(14,745 posts)I'm not sure that people in places like Tunbridge Wells would be all that keen on having oil drilling on their doorstep.
truthisfreedom
(23,152 posts)make it stop!
Pooka Fey
(3,496 posts)What would be radical would be to leave it in the ground and commit to keeping the planet habitable for our descendants. I'm not holding my breath...so to speak.
Gumboot
(531 posts)... "Do you want oil wells or wind turbines on this land?"
And they'd choose the oil wells every time, because "wind turbines are just soooo unsightly."
T_i_B
(14,745 posts)If anything, wind turbines are an improvement to the scenery in places like The Fens, or off the shore of Essex.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)NickB79
(19,257 posts)That is, if there's any land left above water to farm bananas on once all the ice caps are fully melted.