IGas Energy finds shale at Ince Marshes

Shale find: UK junior encounters shale section during CBM drilling in Cheshire

UK independent IGas Energy has encountered what it says is a “very significant shale section” in coal-bed methane drilling operations at the Ince Marshes play onshore England.

“We encountered a very significant shale section of at least 1000 feet...Gas indications were observed across the interval”, the junior player said in an update on Thursday.

Logs and rock samples being analysed could identify potentially prospective zones, IGas Energy said, pointing out previous independent analysis of the Bowland Shale has suggested gas initially in place of up to 4.6 trillion cubic feet in this area.

The well, which has now been suspended, also uncovered multiple CBM seams with 36 feet of net coal thickness.

Chief executive Andrew Austin said the shale encountered at…

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