The gas industry welcomed the approval this evening for what could be the first fracked well in the UK since 2011 but it was careful not to appear celebratory. Ken Cronin, of the industry group, UKOOG, (pictured right) said: “It is not a precedent. It is a continuation. […]
In a statement issued tonight Rasik Valand, Chief Executive of Third Energy, said:
Three weeks today could see the approval of the first shale gas well to be fracked in the UK since 2011.
Lancashire County Council is offering £100,000 for three month’s work to defend its refusal of planning permissions to Cuadrilla to frack in the Fylde.
Trafford council planners are recommending approval of IGas’s proposed coal bed methane site next to the Davyhulme water treatment works.
Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking appeals could be heard at a public inquiry in six months’ time, according to correspondence between the company’s lawyers and the Planning Inspectorate.
Earlier today, Lancashire County Council planners recommended approval of Cuadrilla’s application to frack at Preston New Road in the Fylde. Drill Or Drop has been looking at the planners’ report to find out how they came up with this recommendation and what conditions they think should be imposed […]
Council officers are recommending approval of plans for another exploratory gas well in Holderness, East Yorkshire.
Rathlin secures extension for Crawberry Hill site in East Yorkshire but first shale application in South Wales is thrown out To cries of “shame” from the public gallery, East Riding of Yorkshire Council voted by 11-1 to extend Rathlin Energy’s planning permission for exploratory drilling at its site […]
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