As the first time producer of Shale UK it’s
my role to begin building a virtual team of smart, knowledgeable people who can
steer this summit towards a high value experience for all concerned. And
in this role, what a week I’ve had, speaking with a Global Oil Service CEO who is now chasing up a political lead for me - talk about upwards
delegation!
I had a coffee which turned out to be a master
class in the global shale situation with the PWC top chap for Oil &
Gas, Adam Lyons.
And I began to address the admittedly thorny
(but we better face this elephant in the room early don’t you think) issue of
how communities, real people, actually cope with or even thrive on, oil and gas
developments. This steering committee fellow knows his oil and gas inside out,
having led a local council dealing with oil companies for years and wrote the
book, literally, on the Braer (1993 Shetland Oil Tanker grounding). This man
speaks with a balanced and long term perspective, and is keen to be
involved.
I’m ending week two of this process truly
encouraged and perhaps feeling that the answer is ‘yes’, we, the UK community,
do need and more importantly, want this particular shale conference. What do
you think though?
