Updated: Cuadrilla gets more time for frack site decommissioning
The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has been given just over four weeks to start plugging the shale gas wells at its mothballed Preston New Road site in Lancashire.
“Rig shortage” delays abandonment of Cuadrilla’s fracked wells
Work to decommission mothballed shale gas wells at the Preston New Road fracking site in Lancashire is now expected to take until the end of March 2025, Cuadrilla has revealed.
End of the line for Broadford Bridge?
A mothballed oil exploration site in West Sussex looks is if must now be restored to farmland.
Plans for gas drilling and small-scale frack on N Yorks heritage coast
A gas company has revealed plans to drill an exploration well and carry out a small-scale frack on farmland on the edge of the North York Moors national park.
Opponents celebrate refusal of permission for Broadford Bridge oil site
Campaigners against oil and gas operations across southern England gathered in celebration outside a site which was refused planning permission last week.
Breaking: “Enough is enough” – councillors call time on UKOG’s Broadford Bridge oil site
A West Sussex oil site that has been mothballed since 2018 has been refused more time.
Campaigners welcome restoration of Notts shale gas site
A local campaign group is celebrating the formal end to shale gas operations near an important nature reserve in the Nottinghamshire village of Misson.
Breaking: Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site gets more time
The UK’s most controversial shale gas site has won a two-year reprieve before it must be returned to farmland.
Updated: Planners back more time to restore Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.
Block Cuadrilla’s bid for more time at fracking site – local Conservative MP urges council
Cuadrilla should be refused more time to restore its fracking site in Lancashire, the local Conservative MP has told the county council.
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