Election 24: Ex-energy secretary steps down
The pro-fracking former energy secretary, Andrea Leadsom, has said she will not fight the general election.
The pro-fracking former energy secretary, Andrea Leadsom, has said she will not fight the general election.
Cuadrilla’s Australian owner spent more than £0.75m in six months in the UK in 2023, more than double the amount in the previous year. But the company has no plans for future “substantive expenditure” on UK shale gas.
Cuadrilla’s plan to decommission its fracked wells in Lancashire is already behind schedule.
Cuadrilla’s fracked shale gas wells in Lancashire should be decommissioned in six months. But the company’s deadline depends on the availability of a rig.
Opponents of Cuadrilla’s fracking operation in Lancashire have welcomed today’s news that the company has been ordered to decommission two shale gas wells.
The UK’s only fracked horizontal shale gas wells must be decommissioned, the industry regulator said today.
Government departments paid no compensation to UK shale gas companies over the restoration of the fracking moratorium, even though the industry warned of a multi-million pound court action.
The UK’s most controversial shale gas site has won a two-year reprieve before it must be returned to farmland.
One of the UK’s leading would-be fracking companies appears to be turning away from shale gas.
Plans by Cuadrilla for a two-year delay in restoring its controversial fracking site near Blackpool were published today.