A CONTROVERSIAL drilling technique which has been blamed for causing earthquakes could help create 35,000 jobs in Britain and provide enough energy to power much of the country's needs for decades, a new report has claimed.
A study by the Institute of Directors (IoD) in London says developing an industry to exploit shale gas reserves both on and off shore could provide "massive benefits to the UK".
Shale gas is mostly extracted by fracking, a technique in which water is pumped at high pressure into rock to create fractures that allow gas to be captured. It has been linked to earth tremors.
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