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Figure 2 Location of shale-gas-bearing strata in the United Kingdom.
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with polite interest but the chances of shale gas being exempt from Pet-
roleum Revenue tax was not countenanced. Subsequent attempts to inform
the wider world failed and no reputable scientific journal would publish
papers on the UK's shale gas resources. Finally, conclusions of the research
were published in the US.
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Meanwhile in the US, shale gas development was
continuing in the Appalachians, from a geographic perspective as well as
