Revealed: timetable for plugging Cuadrilla’s fracked wells
Cuadrilla’s fracked shale gas wells in Lancashire should be decommissioned in six months. But the company’s deadline depends on the availability of a rig.
Cuadrilla’s fracked shale gas wells in Lancashire should be decommissioned in six months. But the company’s deadline depends on the availability of a rig.
Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.
Plans by Cuadrilla for a two-year delay in restoring its controversial fracking site near Blackpool were published today.
Three years ago today, the government formally confirmed a moratorium on fracking in England.
Helen Savage responds to government support for fracking from the West Sussex village of Balcombe, scene of anti-fracking protests in summer 2013.
The prime minister repeatedly said fracking must be with local consent when she was interviewed about fracking this morning by BBC Radio Lancashire. But she refused to rule it out in the county.
Forecasting earthquakes caused by fracking is still “a scientific challenge”, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said in a report published today.
The UK government formally lifted the moratorium on fracking in England this morning.
The shale gas company, IGas, said today it could drill 80 wells by this time next year, with the “right government support”.
Government advisors have told the new prime minister the UK can’t rely on shale gas to solve the cost-of-living crisis.