'Significant' oil reserves found near Gatwick airport
Britain could see a significant increase in oil production after a geologists discovered reserves which could be as much as 100 billion barrels near Gatwick Airport.
Oil reserves 'significant' once they become 'commercial'
The extent of the oil reserves discovered near Gatwick Airport have been called into question by a specialist in petroleum science.
Professor Alastair Fraser of Imperial College London told ITV News he thought the number of barrels that UK Oil & Gas Investments said lay in the Weald Basin was "probably a little bit exaggerated on the high side".
He added that the reserves would only become "significant" once the oil could be brought to the surface and at "flow rates that are commercial".
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