Subject	Predicate	Object
AHINXC3a	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	Wb197HLX
	answer has answering person	Michael Fallon
	answer text	<p>No detailed assessment of shale oil or gas in the Vale of Clwyd has been made. A DECC-commissioned British Geological Survey report, “The Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of Britain's Onshore Basins”, notes the Formby oil seep and identifies oil seeps in north Wales, east of the Vale of Clwyd:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/66170/uk-onshore-prospectivity.pdf</p><p>These have been recognised since the 17<Sup>th</Sup> century, and led to thediscovery of the very shallow Formby Oilfield in 1939 which producedheavy oil fromsandstone.</p>
	answer given date	2013-10-24
	answer has answering body	Department of Energy and Climate Change
	written answer has answering body	Department of Energy and Climate Change
Department of Energy and Climate Change	answering body has written answer	AHINXC3a
Department of Energy and Climate Change	answering body has answer	AHINXC3a
Wb197HLX	question has answer	AHINXC3a
Michael Fallon	answering person has answer	AHINXC3a