Miliband urged to back Shetland gas fields that could fuel UK for five years

Britain should move to tap five years’ worth of gas reserves lying near the Shetland Islands, a North Sea energy company has said. Serica Energy says an estimated five trillion cubic feet of gas lies under the seabed west of Shetland, where there is already infrastructure for piping it back to the mainland. The claim will pile fresh pressure on Ed Miliband to allow drilling in the North Sea. The Energy Secretary has faced mounting calls to rethink his position on oil and gas amid growing warnings of loo ...