Delivery to Barton Moss 18 February 2014
Key facts
Address: Land to the east of M62, north of Barton Moss, Irlam, Salford
Application: 10/58590/FUL
Operator: Ineos Upstream (also known as Ineos Shale)
Licence: PEDL193
Status: Well and sidetrack drilled, currently suspended
Timeline
12 February 2016
Publication of Keep Moving, a report on policing at Barton Moss Community Protection Camp. Link
8 February 2016
Environmental permit transferred to Ineos Upstream. Details
11 January 2016
Application to transfer environmental permit to Ineos Upstream. Details
December 2014
By this date, the cost of the Barton Moss policing operation had reached £1.7m and resulted in 231 arrests. There were 77 formal complaints against Greater Manchester Police.
18 April 2014
Barton Moss Community Protection Camp disbanded
13 April 2014
Anti-fracking campaigners hold party to mark end of Barton Moss protection camp. Details
3 March 2014
Irlam-1Z well spudded
10 January 2014
Irlam-1 well spudded
27 November 2013
Barton Moss Community Protection Camp established
20 November 2013
Environment Agency grants mining waste permit
16 September 2013
Application to Environment Agency for mining waste permit
17 June 2010
Salford City Council approves application 10/58590/FUL for two coal bed methane exploration
2 February 2010
Nexen Exploration UK submits application to Salford City Council for two coal bed methane exploration boreholes
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