High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom is in its infancy. As a result, there are no reliable indicators of its potential productivity. According to a 2011 report of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, "Shale gas resources in the UK could be considerable—particularly offshore—but are unlikely to be a "game changer" to the same extent as they have been in the US, where the shale gas revolution has led to a reduction in natural gas prices." The Committee`s chairperson, Tim Yeo, has since revised his personal opinion, however, and now argues shale gas is a "game changer" that could "transform the UK`s energy independence". Interest in fracking comes just as imports of gas to the UK have surpassed domestic production for the first time since the 1960s.