Shale gas companies get more time to explore
Operators of a third of the UK’s newest onshore shale gas licences have been given more time for exploration.
“Stop labelling campaigners as extremists” – 600+ sign open letter
More than 600 people have signed an open letter to senior police officers calling for an end to the categorisation of political campaigning as “domestic extremism”.
Cuadrilla predicts no fracking in 2020 and looks to conventional prospects
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla Resources, is looking at conventional oil and gas opportunities in the UK after predicting no fracking this year.
Record high for opposition to fracking and record low for support – government survey
Opposition to fracking has reached a record high of 45%, according to a quarterly government survey of public attitudes.
Guest post: What Covid-19 teaches us about fracking in the UK
In this guest post, Chris Hesketh makes the case for a post-Covid-19 recovery without fracking or unconventional gas extraction.
Minister dismisses call to extend fracking moratorium
The government has no plans to extend the moratorium on fracking to other forms of well stimulation, correspondence has revealed.
Updated: Geological faults challenge fracking in the Fylde – new study
Complex geology in one of the UK’s leading shale gas regions places a major constraint on exploration and production, scientists have concluded.
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.
“Fracking moratorium more likely to be reversed by politics than science”
Updated 24 April 2020 The investment bank, VSA Capital, has hinted that politics, rather than science, could overturn the moratorium on onshore fracking in England.
Guest post: Cheshire campaigners win “major and decisive fracking battle”
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.
DRILL OR DROP? 