The last excavator was moved off Rathlin Energy’s Crawberry Hill drilling site in East Yorkshire this afternoon. All the cabins have now gone and a small tarmac access to the field is all that remains of the site, where a well was sunk in 2013.
Rathlin Energy announced on 12 August 2015 that it was withdrawing from the site near Beverley for technical and commercial reasons. It cited the low oil price and said the costs of testing the well could not be justified. More details
These pictures illustrate the restoration back to a field. All the images are used with the photographers’ permissions.
Early afternoon today (11 April 2016)
Site restoration, April 2016
Site restoration, Spring 2016
Site restoration, Spring 2016
Well decommissioning in November 2015
Well decommissioning in November 2015
This report is part of DrillOrDrop’s Rig Watch project. Rig Watch receives funding from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. More details here
Categories: Environment, Uncategorized
DRILL OR DROP? 
at last another ecocider leaves a well site…………it was well worth the months we spent on the tower and on the roadside verge to stop Rathlin fracking………….wishing all fellow protectors good health for a job well done….