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CIA published a four-page pamphlet '[http://www.cia.org.uk/Portals/0/Shale%20Gas%20document%20FINAL.pdf Shale Gas: The facts] which contained statements such as:
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Unconventional gas 'offers a vital new source of raw materials for chemical products'. The trade body published a four-page pamphlet '[http://www.cia.org.uk/Portals/0/Shale%20Gas%20document%20FINAL.pdf Shale Gas: The facts] which contained facts such as:
  
 
:*Seismic activity from fracking is equivalent to background motion caused by vehicles
 
:*Seismic activity from fracking is equivalent to background motion caused by vehicles
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:*Once a well is bored the well pad will have a visually low impact
 
:*Once a well is bored the well pad will have a visually low impact
 
:Use of chemicals is permitted on a well by well basis and subject to public disclosure
 
:Use of chemicals is permitted on a well by well basis and subject to public disclosure
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:*Gas will underpin intermittent renewables like wind power
:*The UK is well placed to develop Bowland shale which is 10 times the depth of any US shale
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:*Carbon emissions from UK shale gas will be comparable to conventional gas <ref> [[http://www.cia.org.uk/Portals/0/Shale%20Gas%20document%20FINAL.pdf Shale Gas: The facts], accessed 5 November 2014 </ref>
:Unconventional gas offers a vital new source of raw materials for chemical products
 
 
 
:Gas will underpin intermittent renewables like wind power
 
:Carbon emissions from UK shale gas will be comparable to conventional gas
 
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 02:46, 6 November 2014

Background

The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) is an organisation that represents chemical and pharmaceutical businesses throughout the UK. It both lobbies on behalf of the chemical industry and provides advice and services to the industry.[1] Chemicals manufacturing in the UK is largely concentrated in the northern regions of the UK and Scotland, in four key chemical Clusters and are represented locally by Cluster Teams. In Scotland by Chemicals Team Scotland, Northwest England represented by Chemicals Northwest, Northeast England represented by the Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) and in Yorkshire and Humber by Yorkshire Chemical Focus and Humber Chemical Focus.[2]

The CIA owns and supports Chemicals Northwest.[3]

History

People

Fracking

Unconventional gas 'offers a vital new source of raw materials for chemical products'. The trade body published a four-page pamphlet 'Shale Gas: The facts which contained facts such as:

  • Seismic activity from fracking is equivalent to background motion caused by vehicles
  • Each well’s total water use is equivalent to that used on a golf course in a month
  • Fracking takes place at sufficient distance from groundwater and surface activities are regulated
  • Once a well is bored the well pad will have a visually low impact
Use of chemicals is permitted on a well by well basis and subject to public disclosure
  • Gas will underpin intermittent renewables like wind power
  • Carbon emissions from UK shale gas will be comparable to conventional gas [5]

Affiliations

Contact

Address
Kings Buildings,
Smith Square,
London
SW1P 3JJ
Telephone: 020 7834 3399
Fax: 020 7834 4469
Email:

References

  1. About CIA, CIA website. Accessed 17/10/13.
  2. Chemicals - the UK Advantage, UK Trade & Investment, p. 29. Accessed on 17/10/13.
  3. Welcome, Chemicals Northwest website. Accessed on 17/10/13.
  4. Photos and biographies, CIA website. Accessed on 17/10/13.
  5. [Shale Gas: The facts, accessed 5 November 2014
  6. Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2002-2013.

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