The government is delaying a decision on Third Energy’s fracking plans at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire until the company has filed its latest accounts.
A shale gas company seeking to do tests on council land will have waited at least a year by the time it gets a decision.
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, has applied for more time to restore an exploration site near the Ribble Estuary in Lancashire because it said the latest attempt has been prevented by nesting birds. Little Ringed Plovers laid four eggs within 12m of the well head and work would […]
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Police closed the road outside Cuadrilla’s Lancashire shale gas site for eight hours today in response to anti-fracking protests.
The chemical company, INEOS, is facing months of delays over access to council-owned land to carry out surveys for shale gas.
Work at IGas’s shale gas site near Misson in north Nottinghamshire looks unlikely to start until at least June.
