The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has revealed it is to seek two more years at its mothballed shale gas site near Blackpool – just four days before the land should have been returned to agriculture.
The former fracking company, Cuadrilla, is seeking another five years to extract gas from its site at Elswick, in Lancashire.
Cuadrilla’s former fracking site in Lancashire passed a milestone event this morning.
Cuadrilla’s Australian owner has refinanced its debt, it announced this morning.
The industry regulator gave Cuadrilla more time to plug and abandon its shale gas wells at Preston New Road in Lancashire, DrillOrDrop has discovered.
Cuadrilla had until Sunday 8 June 2025 to restore its former Lancashire fracking site at Preston New Road to farmland. But so far, the work has not started.
2024 UK onshore oil production fell for the 11th consecutive year to the lowest level for 37 years, according to official data published this week.
The volume of UK onshore oil produced in December 2024 was up 5% , compared with the month before, almost topping the record for the year.
The flare stack at Cuadrilla’s former fracking site near Blackpool was removed this lunchtime.
Key equipment was installed today to decommission Cuadrilla’s fracked shale gas wells and work is expected to start imminently.
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