No more UK fracking in 2019 as Cuadrilla runs out of time after record-breaking tremor
Cuadrilla has confirmed no more fracking will take place at its shale gas site in Lancashire before a planning deadline at the end of November.
Lancashire fracking site looks like an “abandoned ghost town”, says campaign group
Anti-fracking campaigners have accused Cuadrilla of leaving local people “in the dark” as more equipment was removed off the company’s Preston New Road site this week.
Cuadrilla brings in pre-dawn convoy to prepare wells for fracking
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, confirmed it had resumed deliveries to its fracking site near Blackpool at 5.30am this morning.
Campaigners demand answers to why Cuadrilla has stopped fracking
Neighbours of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in Lancashire are living in an “information vacuum”, campaigners said today after an apparent pause in fracking for three weeks.
Campaigners plan national climate rally near Lancashire fracking site
Campaigners in Lancashire are planning a national climate rally near Cuadrilla’s shale gas site later this month.
Fracking earthquake rules could be relaxed – energy minister
The government may relax regulations designed to prevent earthquakes caused by fracking, according to comments by the energy minister, Claire Perry.
Fracking due to start at Preston New Road in next week, says Cuadrilla
Cuadrilla has announced it expects to begin fracking near Blackpool in the next week.
Cuadrilla announces fracking go-ahead for second well
The shale gas company Cuadrilla, announced this morning it had received permission to frack its second horizontal well in Lancashire.
September 2018 drilling headlines
September 2018 is expected to see the first UK high volume hydraulic fracturing for seven years when Cuadrilla fracks its first horizontal well in Lancashire. Also this month decisions are due on oil and shale gas sites and protest injunctions.
Events diary – September 2018 onwards
September 2018 could see the first hydraulic fracture in the UK since 2011. 17 events are already planned outside the Cuadrilla-operated site at Preston New Road near Blackpool, plus a women’s rally in Parliament Square.
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