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Brexit and UK Energy Security: Perspectives from Unconventional Gas Investment and the Effects of Shale Gas on UK Energy Prices

Energies 2019, 12(4), 600; https://doi.org/10.3390/en12040600
by Elijah Acquah-Andoh *, Augustine O. Ifelebuegu and Stephen C. Theophilus
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Energies 2019, 12(4), 600; https://doi.org/10.3390/en12040600
Submission received: 25 December 2018 / Revised: 6 February 2019 / Accepted: 8 February 2019 / Published: 14 February 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Policy and Policy Implications)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Overall, it is a well presented article that describes well potential scenarios for Brexit and UK Energy Security. The article is mainly descriptive, but well written and it makes a good review of potential scenarios and implications of Brexit on unconventional gas investment and the effects of shale gas on UK prices.  It would be convenient to review the introduction and conclusion to make it more coherent with the main section of paper.


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Reviewer 2 Report

I have read the paper and found it informative. However there is no proper analysis of what Brexit does to the oil market. Just assertions about confidence, uncertainty and so on. We need data on how protection by tariffs or non tariff barriers would change. However I think these are small already. As for fracking again no analysis how regulation of this would change. Main issues have been local protests in context of uk law I think. Brexit would not change this. I would be happy to look at a revision with some good analysis of these factors. Without this I would reject it.


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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

The paper now contains more data on protection but the analysis of the effects of Brexit is still weak.

1. Why should the UK fail to roll over its gas etc agreements with third countries? Already it is rolling over all third country trade agreements.

2. Gas regulation is done nationally. Import and export of gas from non-EU such as Russia is unimpeded  by the EU; if UK is non-EU it too should be unimpeded.

2. Exchange rate effects have nothing to do with gas and fracking. Yet these are extensively referred to for 'price effects' on gas.

 3. From the paper it seems clear that fracking will be decided by UK firms and regulative authorities, Brexit or no. Yet the paper claims Brexit will affect fracking; how?

 Ibelieve the paper's conclusions need rewriting to reflect these facts. It should say something like ' Our analysis suggests that Brexit will have little or no effect on the UK fracking industry.'


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