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The pink area is licenced to IGAS under a previous round.
The non-coloured area within the red frame is the newly licenced block.
SK72a is PEDL312
Licence Operator Hutton
Partner Hutton Energy PLC and Coronation (Oil and Gas) Ltd
See the GreenPeace Energy Desk for more on the licencees of this block
Other blocks in licence None
Licence type Conventional
Commitments Two wells and new 2D and 3D seismic surveying
Drill Or Drop clause None
Administrative areas covered by licence
Leicestershire
Nottinghamshire
Parliamentary constituencies and MPs
Rutland and Melton Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan Conservative
Rushcliffe, Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke Conservative
Wildlife Trust sites overlapping with block
Holwell Reserves (Leicester hire Wildlife Trust)
Anti-fracking and other campaign groups
Timeline of events
DRILL OR DROP? 
You guys can FRAC under my house as much a you like, I have no objection at all, and it looks like you are going to!
FRAC on…. and up yours Putin
Compared to coal mining the health hazard is so low as to be almost benign….. and the environental impact assessment is massively better than for mining coal….. What’s not to like?
Even with “strict regulation” it is unlikely not to damage the land and affect the water and the food chain. It’s a non starter, so if they want to start doing fracking then they better EXPECT US,!! http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13805306.Expert_warns_of_fracking_risk_to_water_supplies_and_food_chain/?ref=fbshr
Even with “strict regulation” it is unlikely not to damage the land and affect the water and the food chain. It’s a non starter, so if they want to start doing fracking then they better EXPECT US,!! http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13805306.Expert_warns_of_fracking_risk_to_water_supplies_and_food_chain/?ref=fbshr