“Unconventional shale play drilling is new to the world outside the US,” Terry Frith, chief executive of Gordon Technologies, told The National. “We're just beginning the process of hiring ...

But Devon is more than just a single-basin play. It has a meaningful presence in four of the top five US shale basins by lowest breakeven costs: the Williston, the Eagle Ford, and the Anadarko basins.

What's your view on unconventional' sources of oil and gas especially shale ... (which rules most of us out). But here in Britain there may be an interesting, newish play that gives you focused ...