IGas fracking site at Ince Marshes in doubt
Plans by IGas to drill and frack for shale gas on Ince Marshes in Cheshire appear to have been shelved.
Plans by IGas to drill and frack for shale gas on Ince Marshes in Cheshire appear to have been shelved.
With the government announcement last week to postpone its decision on plans at IGas’s Ellesmere Port site in Cheshire, a member of Frack Free Upton reflects on, and celebrates, the local campaign against the onshore gas industry.
The result of an appeal by IGas over plans to test a shale gas well at Ellesmere Port has been delayed.
DrillOrDrop’s listing of events about UK onshore oil and gas and campaigns.
Decisions on shale gas schemes at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire and Woodsetts in South Yorkshire will be issued within the next three months, the Planning Inspectorate has announced.
DrillOrDrop’s round-up of the possible action on UK fracking and onshore oil and gas developments in 2020.
2019 saw a Conservative government withdraw its support from fracking and introduce a moratorium on the process.
The decisions on appeals on the IGas site at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire and Ineos plans for Woodsetts are likely to be more than six months away, it emerged today.
Ineos plans to drill for shale gas in the south Yorkshire village of Woodsetts are to be decided by the local government secretary, James Brokenshire.
Plans by IGas to test a gas well at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire are to be decided by the local government secretary.