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Evening Standard
Business
Bradley Gerrard

Chemicals billionaire Jim Ratcliffe renews fracking calls to after Truss energy plan

Ineos founder Jim Ratcliffe has reignited his calls for a fracking project to go-ahead after new prime minister Liz Truss lift fracking ban.

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Business heavyweight Jim Ratcliffe has reignited his calls for his firm Ineos to drill a shale gas test well in the UK.

Ratcliffe, one of Britain’s richest men, said the country desperately needed to up the supply of home-grown energy sources to better protect it from the energy crisis.

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