IGas said it had detected the gas in samples from its test well at Barton Moss, BBC reported on April 1. Drilling will now stop while the samples are analysed, which is likely to take six months, the company said.
Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR) has noted that the recent publication of a number of government initiatives and reports in relation to shale gas and the wider onshore UK oil and gas industry confirmed the significant potential of the Bowland-Hodder play, the company report