Synopsis
Investigating how gas is extracted at a Morecambe Bay offshore platform.
- Programme: Powering Britain
- Episode: 02: Gas
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2020
- Geography | Energy and Resources | Non-renewable and renewable energy | Non-renewable energy: fossil fuels
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