I'm told that the companies that had expressed an interest in drilling for oil / gas / whatever in the part of Wiltshire where I live, have decided not to take up the opportunity.
This might be seen as a triumph for Keep Wiltshire Frack-free, an "umbrella group, uniting many local groups", although their website is keeping quiet if it is. Others see it as a triumph for common business sense – if the likelihood of finding gas / oil / whatever there is very low, there's no point spending money trying to find it.
Actually, though, it's a triumph for geology, as there simply was no oil / gas / whatever there. More geology taught in schools, I say.
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