Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Matiririyoni amakirogiramu anokosha emafuta - akawanda seminda yose yeNorth Sea - ari pasi penzvimbo yeEngland inonzi "Dallas yeBritain", kwakataurwa nezuro. Kuongorora kunoratidza kuti kune mabharani anosvika mabhiriyoni 100 emafuta akawanikwa pasi peHome Counties. Mugodhi wendarama unobvira muWeald Basin, unoyambuka Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire neKent, unogona kugutsa kusvika kuchikamu chimwe muzvitatu chezvinodikanwa zveBritain zvemafuta mukati memakore 15, maererano nekonsortium iri kuongorora nharaunda yacho. Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. UK Oil & Gas Investments inoti yakawana mabhiriyoni zana emadhora emafuta muWeald Basin, pedyo neGatwick airport (mufananidzo, musoro wemugodhi paHorse Hill) Mepu inoratidza nzvimbo yemafuta negasi mukati meWeald Basin, iyo inofungidzirwa kuti iri pakati pe 2,500ft ne 3,000ft pasi pevhu. Ikoku kwaigona kuderedza kutsamira pamafuta anobva kuMiddle East neRussia uye kwaigona kuva kusimudzira kukuru nokuda kweindasitiri yeBritain panguva apo kugoverwa kweNorth Sea kuri kuderera. Asi nyanzvi dzeindasitiri dzakaramba dzisina chokwadi nezvezvakataurwa izvi, imwe ichizvirondedzera se"kunyanya kuva netariro". Kubvira muna 1975, pamabhareri emafuta anofungidzirwa kuva mabhiriyoni 100 ari muNorth Sea yeUK, mabhiriyoni 45 chete ndiwo akabudiswa. Kunofungidzirwa kuti mamwe mabhiriyoni 20 emabhareri anogona kuwanwazve kutozosvikira kubvisa kwava kwakaoma zvikuru. Nyanzvi dzakanyevera usiku hwapfuura kuti chikamu chiduku bedzi chemafuta eWeald Basin chingava chinowanika kuti chibviswe. Vakataurawo kuti fracking ingadikanwa kuti vawanezve uwandu hwakakura. Stephen Sanderson, mukuru mukuru weUKOG, akati nzvimbo iri paHorse Hill yaiva 'yepasi pose' uye yaiva nemikana yoku'budisa mafuta akawanda zuva nezuva' panzvimbo iyi yokudhiridzira yakarongwa. Boka reHorse Hill Developments rakawana izvi panguva yokuedza kuchera tsime riri makiromita masere kubva kuGatwick Airport. UK Oil & Gas Investments, iyo ine zvikamu makumi matatu kubva muzana, yakati <unk>data repamusoro-soro<unk> rinoratidza kuti munda wemafuta une mamiriyoni zana nemakumi masere nemasere emamiriyoni pamakiromita mana <unk> zvakaenzana nemabhiriyoni zana emamiriyoni emamiriyoni pamhenderekedzo. Nemitengo yemazuva ano yemafuta, izvi zvingava zvakakosha £3.7trillion. Stephen... ndinogona kukuudzai.
Weald Basin inofungidzirwa kuva ine mabhiriyoni 100 emabhara emafuta, mushumo mutsva unodaro. UK Oil & Gas Investments inotaura kuti nzvimbo yacho inogona kugovera 30% yezvinodiwa neUK. Kana huwandu hwakawanda hwemafuta hukacherwa hunokosha £ 600billion. Asi dzimwe nyanzvi dzinonyevera kuti nzvimbo yacho iri muSussex ichava yakaoma kushandisa.