HSE responds to MPs on silica dust at fracking site
The UK’s health and safety watchdog has accepted it did not inspect the management of silica sand at Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool.
Companies join research on reusing shale gas boreholes
Shale gas companies are working with two British universities to investigate whether UK boreholes could be turned into deep science laboratories.
Residents’ worries over silica regulation on fracking site
People living near Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site have reacted with concern following news that the Health and Safety Executive is facing questions from MPs about its monitoring of silica sand.
MPs quiz HSE over scrutiny of silica dust risk at Cuadrilla’s fracking site
The UK’s health and safety watchdog is facing questions from MPs over the way it monitored risks from silica sand at Cuadrilla’s fracking site.
Cuadrilla-Third Energy deal on Yorkshire gas
Cuadrilla and Third Energy have entered an agreement on gas appraisal plans in Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
March 2021 headlines
Keep up with March 2021’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. Click here for headlines from previous months. Please let us know if we’ve missed something important contact@DrillOrDrop.com Key headlines Balcombe well test […]
UK tax benefits boost finances of Cuadrilla’s Australian owner
The Australian mining company that owns Cuadrilla is back in profit, partly thanks to benefits from the UK tax system.
Updated: Death of anti-fracking campaigner Ian Crane
Tributes have been paid to the opponent of fracking, Ian R Crane, who died last week (25/2/2021) after a long illness.
2020 review of the year
2020 was a frack free year in the UK because the shale gas industry failed to persuade ministers to lift blocks on the process.
Guest post: Fractured fracking ambitions
Stuart Haszeldine, Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh, reviews new research on fracking-induced earthquakes, released yesterday by the Oil & Gas Authority. The studies analysed hydraulic fracturing at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool and concluded that induced seismicity was difficult to predict […]
