The “energy revolution” that has produced no gas
The licensing of thousands of square miles of English countryside for fracking five years ago has resulted in no wells and no oil or gas.
The licensing of thousands of square miles of English countryside for fracking five years ago has resulted in no wells and no oil or gas.
Final consent had not yet been granted for the stimulation of the Wressle oil well in North Lincolnshire, Union Jack Oil confirmed today. But the company announced that tests on wells at two West Newton sites in East Yorkshire were expected soon.
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The government has been asked what assessment it has made of the decision by Aurora Energy Resources to drop its plans to frack near Formby in Lancashire.
Plans by IGas to drill and frack for shale gas on Ince Marshes in Cheshire appear to have been shelved.
The new Conservative MP for the Rother Valley in south Yorkshire is calling on the government to extend its moratorium on fracking to include drilling for shale gas.
A provisional date has been set for the decision on fracking plans in Lancashire – the first to be considered since the government announced a moratorium last year.
Cuadrilla’s leading investor, AJ Lucas, has failed to raise its target in a recent share offer.
The shale gas company, Ineos, has installed new protest injunction notices at its proposed exploration site at Woodsetts in south Yorkshire.
Cuadrilla moved the frack pumps off its shale gas site near Blackpool today on the 1,000th day of protest by opponents.