April 2020 diary
DrillOrDrop’s listing of events about UK onshore oil and gas and campaigns.
Campaigner seeks legal challenge over ownership change of fracking firm Cuadrilla
A government agency has been accused of acting unlawfully in the way it dealt with the change of ownership of the fracking firm, Cuadrilla.
Government pays another £1.28m for policing costs at Cuadrilla’s fracking site
The Home Office has reimbursed another £1.28m to Lancashire Constabulary for the costs of policing Cuadrilla’s fracking site at Preston New Road.
More equipment leaves Cuadrilla’s fracking site
Cuadrilla has taken more equipment off its fracking site near Blackpool this week.
Government’s shale support fund underspent by £3.8m
A government fund to help English councils deal with shale gas planning applications appears to have paid out just 20% of what was available.
Cuadrilla breaches pollution rules again
The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has breached rules on monitoring the flare at its Preston New Road shale gas site in Lancashire.
Cuadrilla’s injunction drops bar on key fracking protests
Important sections of the injunction against protests outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool have been abandoned.
Australian mining group takes control of fracking firm Cuadrilla
An Australian mining group has almost doubled its stake in the UK shale gas company, Cuadrilla Resources.
“Suspicion” at Cuadrilla’s gas plans for Elswick
Campaigners who fought Cuadrilla’s fracking plans near Blackpool for nearly five years are now questioning the company’s motives for another site a mile away.
Frack site policing operation disbanded
The policing operation outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road fracking site has ended, Lancashire Constabulary has confirmed.
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