LONDON - A report commissioned by the British government says work to extract gas by hydraulic fracturing should be allowed to resume even though the technique has caused earth tremors.
Cuadrilla Resources is using the technique, commonly called fracking, at a prospecting site in northwestern England.
The consultants' report published on Tuesday recommends that fracking should be halted temporarily if there is a tremor greater than magnitude 0.5 on the Richter scale. Cuadrilla has said that is acceptable.
In April and May last year, tremors of magnitudes 2.3 and 1.5 caused alarm in northwestern England but didn't cause structural damage. Cuadrilla's work was halted after the second tremor was linked to fracking.
The government will announce its decision later this year.
