In this week’s listings
- Public meetings in Fylde and information day for councillors
- Parliamentary questions on energy
- Industry training workshops
- No fracking bike ride in North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire
- Meetings in Derbyshire, Somerset, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire and Gloucestershire
Diary events for July 2017 coming soon. Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included.
Monday 26 June 2017
Leadership in oil & gas, training workshop hosted by Warren Business Consulting, 8am, London venue. Tickets and details
Tuesday 27 June 2017
Leadership in oil & gas, training workshop hosted by Warren Business Consulting, 8am, London venue. Tickets and details
Team Frack Free third councillors and MPs day for a view of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site at Preston New Road from top deck of a bus with information from Mike Hill, 9am-3pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 2PR. Details
We all said no – Don’t frack Lancs rally outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool FY4 5JS. Details
Parliamentary questions on business, energy and industrial strategy, 11.30am, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Public meeting on fracking, organised by Mike Hill, 7pm, Lowther Pavilion, Lowther Terrace, Lytham St Annes FY8 5QQ Details
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Leadership in oil & gas, training workshop hosted by Warren Business Consulting, 8am, London venue. Tickets and details
Start of Terrapin Training 3-day master class in petroleum economics, London, Details
Deadline under planning conditions for work to begin on gas processing plant at Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire. Details
The Energy Exchange hosting The Big Gas, 5:30pm, on Hogan Lovells’ roof top terrace in Central London. Details
Dronfield Against Fracking meeting, 7.15pm-9.15pm, Gosforth Lodge, Cliffe Park, Callywhite Lane, Dronfield S18 2XP. Details
Monthly meeting of Frack Free Chorley and South Ribble, 7.30pm-9pm, Trader Jacks, 38 Hollinshead Street, Chorley PR7 1EP. Details
Thursday 29 June 2017
Publication of government statistics on greenhouse gas emissions and energy trends and prices
Expected admission date of Angus Energy secured bonds. Details POSTPONED UNTIL 27 JULY 2017.
Fracking explained and the truth behind the dash for gas, organised by Frack Free Cotswolds and Cheltenham Friends of the Earth, 7pm-9pm, Shush Bar, The Swan, High Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1DX. Details
Public meeting about plans by Aurora Energy Resources for PEDL262, 7.30pm, Crawford Village Hall, Crawford Road, Crawford, Up Holland, Skelmersdale. Details
Meeting of Lancaster Fights Fracking, 7.30pm, The Apothecary, 87 Penny Street, Lancaster LA1 1XN
Frack Free Ashfield Monthly meeting 7.30pm-9pm, Duke of Wellington Pub, Church Street, Kirkby in Ashfield NG17 8LA.
Friday 30 June 2017
Team Frack Free 3rd No Faith in Fracking event, 9am onwards, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 2PR.
Saturday 1 July 2017
Coastal protectors – SW regional gathering against fracking, 10am-5pm, Milton Baptist Church, Baytree Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 9HJ. Details
No Fracking Way bike ride in N E Derbyshire and S Yorkshire. Circular route starts at Marsh Lane and takes in villages of Ridgeway, Mosborough, Killamarsh, Harthill, Barlborough, Renishaw, Staveley, Whittington, Unstone, Dronfield and Coal Aston. Meet at 11am at Butchers Arms, Marsh Lane, Sheffield S21 5RH departing at 11.30am. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking at Sharrow Festival, 12 noon-8pm, Mount Pleasant Park, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. Details
Lancashire Communities Family Fun Day and ‘Hub’ Launch, hosted by Reclaim the Power and local groups, 12 noon-4pm, Maple Farm polytunnels, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, PR4 3PE. Details
Action planning meeting, hosted by Fossil Free West Yorkshire Pension Fund, 2pm-4pm, BCB Radio, 11 Rawson Road, City of Bradford BD1 3SH. Details
Sunday 2 July 2017
Frack Free Nottinghamshire stall at Warsop Carnival, 10am-5pm, Warsop. Details
Blackpool legal observer training, hosted by Reclaim the Power and Green and Black Cross. 11.30am-5.30pm, Maple Farm Nursery Gardens, Moss House Lane, Westby, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3PE. Details
Categories: Diary
DRILL OR DROP? 
This week the situation in Qatar shows no sign of being resolved and indeed the UAE are threatening further sanctions. Any disruption of LNG exports could effect gas pricesin the UK and if the situation lasts into winter (when the UK is counting on imported LNG for nearly 20% of “cold day” gas supplies) then the situation would be serious regarding supplies. There are lots of countries who have taken strong positions in the Qatar dispute and dictators have fragile egos.
Last winter, with then greater global availability of LNG, the National Grid expected levels arriving in GB to be higher but experienced the opposite, mainly due to an increase in prices on the East Asian market. Deliveries to GB had averaged 37 mcm/day in September but fell to just over 5 mcm/day on 1 October and then remained low until the beginning of March. In spite of this the Grid are relying on 50mcm/day (10 times last winter’s supply) as part of their cover for “cold day” scenarios. The Grid suggest that “market intelligence” indicates that these supplies will be available this coming winter. One hopes they aren’t relying on the same “intelligence” they used last year. Last winter the use of gas for electricity generation rose 30% (massive increase) with a corresponding decrease in coal use.
The Grid confirm that Rough long term gas storage will be out of action. They focus on “cold day” scenarios to model emergency supplies but Rough was intended more to supply cover during lengthier cold periods, probably over a week when medium term gas storage begins to run out. It seems the major fall back in a longer cold spell would be imported LNG supply which of course is market driven and/or subject to geopolitical events as above.