The application to test drill near the village of Llandow in the Vale of Glamorgan may still happen, and there are six other potential drilling sites in south Wales accordiing to Gerwyn Williams, of Bridgend-based Coastal Oil and Gas Limited.

BBC: Autumn statement: A future for shale gas in Wales?

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FORBES: Written by Anthony Haywood