Britain's first U.S. shale gas delivery arrives in Scotland

By Russell Cheyne GRANGEMOUTH, Scotland (Reuters) - Chemicals giant Ineos shipped in Britain's first shale gas from the United States on Tuesday, sparking debate on the country's manufacturing future and Scotland's opposition to shale gas fracking. Ineos is importing ethane, obtained from rocks fractured at high pressure -- or "fracking", in a foretaste of larger deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from shale set to reach Europe in 2018. Chairman Jim Ratcliffe, one of Britain's r