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	answer has question	p9SZ6I1N
	answer has answering person	Charles Hendry
	answer text	The Environment Agency expect an initial engineering review to be completed by specialist external contractors in April 2012. This will survey relevant literature and the engineering methods that are relevant to methane monitoring and control.Following this review, the Environment Agency will undertake further work to understand the practices and technical methods available to quantify, manage and minimise fugitive emissions of methane from unconventional gas operations.The research work which DECC has commissioned into how methane emissions related to the extraction of shale gas will be incorporated in the UK's greenhouse gas inventory which is due for completion in summer 2012. We will publish the results of this research on the DECC website once it is complete.
	answer given date	2012-03-22
	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	ZM0TLbo8
Department of Energy and Climate Change	answering body has answer	ZM0TLbo8
p9SZ6I1N	question has answer	ZM0TLbo8
Charles Hendry	answering person has answer	ZM0TLbo8