Tag: technical

Oil company ordered to clear South Downs drilling site – again

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 18, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

Planners in the South Downs National Park have issued a second order to UK Oil and Gas to restore its site at Markwells Wood within six months.

Investigation finds multiple planning breaches and technical problems at Cuadrilla’s drilling sites

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 5, 2015 • ( 3 Comments )

All the exploratory shale gas wells drilled by Cuadrilla in Lancashire had some technical difficulty and none were restored by the date set in the original planning permission. These are just two of the findings from an investigation by DrillOrDrop.com into problems at the company’s UK operations. We […]