Australian mining group takes control of fracking firm Cuadrilla
An Australian mining group has almost doubled its stake in the UK shale gas company, Cuadrilla Resources.
Cuadrilla’s partner reveals strategies to deal with fracking earth tremors
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, is to allow more fluid to come back to the surface after fracking, in an attempt to tackle the problem of earth tremors. It will also seek to raise the threshold on the magnitude of tremors at which fracking must stop.
Coal Authority changes policy on responding to shale gas plans in mining areas
Shale gas companies must show they have considered how drilling could affect old mining features in coalfield areas, according to revised advice on exploration plans.
Fracking has got off to a wrong start, seismologist tells coalfield MPs
Regulators of fracking were accused today of a “dereliction of duty” in their oversight of shale gas proposals in mining areas.
July 2018 drilling headlines
July 2018 sees two hearings at the High Court on protests against injunctions at Cuadrilla and UKOG sites. Ineos also heads to court in the latest hearing in its case against the National Trust. And MPs investigate shale gas development in former mining areas. You can keep up […]
MPs to investigate shale impacts in former mining areas
A new parliamentary group has called for evidence on how fracking could affect former coal mining areas.
Beware of fracking in UK mining areas, says earthquake expert
Fracking near geological faults in former coal mining areas could trigger earthquakes and should not take place without careful assessment of all available geological data, according to one of the UK’s leading experts on the subject.
Consultation opens on permit applications for Europa’s Leith Hill drilling site
The Environment Agency is inviting comments on permit applications by Europa Oil & Gas for its exploration wellsite near Leith Hill in Surrey.
Head of Cuadrilla investor steps down
The chief executive of one of Cuadrilla’s major investors resigned unexpectedly this week. Allan Campbell has led the Australian mining contractor, AJ Lucas, since 1995. The company has a 43.7% stake in Cuadrilla and a direct investment of 25 per cent in each of Cuadrilla’s operations in the […]
Fracking timeline June 2013
Early June New permits needed. Cuadrilla Resources Ltd announces “Shortly before rig mobilisation to the site the Environment Agency advised that it would now require CRL to secure a permit under the provisions of the European Union Mining Waste directive. … This is the first time that the […]
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