Ineos Chairman Jim Ratcliffe unveiled preliminary plans to give momentum to the fledgling British shale natural gas industry. At a Thursday conference, the chairman said substantial investments could follow developments in shale . “I believe shale gas could revolutionize U.K. manufacturing, and I know Ineos has the resources to make it happen, the skills to extract the gas safely and the vision to realize that everyone must share in the rewards,” he said. Ineos acquired shale exploration and development licenses near a power plant a few hundred miles from the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. The British Geological Survey said the available reserves there are “modest.” The emerging shale industry in the country has been met with opposition from environmental activists concerned about the fallout from the controversial drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as well […]