Wednesday 9 November 2022 01:34 AM Rishi Sunak on the brink of a major deal for the US to supply fracked gas to ... trends now
The Prime Minister hopes to reach an agreement with Joe Biden this month that could see the US supply billions of cubic feet of natural gas to Britain in the coming months to help ease the energy crisis triggered by Vladimir Putin.
The deal, which was initiated by Liz Truss, would shore up the UK’s energy supplies and reduce the risk of blackouts, which the National Grid has warned are possible this winter.
Ironically, this would make the UK more reliant on gas produced by fracking, just weeks after Mr Sunak reimposed a ban on the controversial technology in the UK. Around two-thirds of US gas is now produced by hydraulic fracturing, which has turned America back into a net exporter of energy in recent years.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes to reach an agreement for the US to supply billions of cubic feet of natural gas to Britain over the coming months. Mr Sunak is pictured delivering a speech at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt yesterday, on November 8
President Biden, pictured speaking at a rally in Maryland on Monday, is likely to discuss the issue with his UK counterpart at next week’s G20 summit in Indonesia
Andy Mayer,
