Cuadrilla’s request for earthquake review falls on deaf ears, dealing blow to the sector February 7, 2019 The government has hit back at fracking firms, saying it will not reconsider its policies in what will be seen as a huge blow to the sector. Both Ineos and Cuadrilla, two of the UK’s main frackers, had asked authorities to review the so-called traffic light system and allow them to cause bigger earthquakes. Read more: Jim Ratcliffe: [...]
Cuadrilla boss pleads for fairer treatment after good results at Lancashire fracking site February 6, 2019 The chief executive of Britain’s first fracker has called on the government to review its limits on earthquakes caused by drilling. Francis Egan said his company, and other shale gas explorers, were being treated unfairly when compared to other industries, which are allowed to cause much more violent tremors. Read more: Jim Ratcliffe: Government's shale [...]
Cuadrilla suspends fracking at Lancashire site for second time in three days after tremors December 15, 2018 Fracking at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire has been paused by fracking company Cuadrilla for at least 18 hours following a 0.9 tremor. The firm said in a statement that there had been a "series of micro-seismic events" in the Blackpool area on Friday. The British Geological Survey recorded the tremors with the largest coming [...]
Fracking paused at Cuadrilla site as geologists measure another tremor December 11, 2018 Fracking was paused at the UK’s only active shale fracking well today as another seismic tremor shook the area. It is the third time in as many months that Cuadrilla has halted production at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire. Geologists recorded a 1.5 magnitude tremor in the area at around 11.20am, making it [...]
Igas begins drilling at its first UK shale well in Nottinghamshire November 27, 2018 Igas hopes to become the second company to frack in the UK as it today begun drilling at an exploratory well in the Midlands. The energy company said it had started work on the TL-1 exploration well at Tinker Lane in Nottinghamshire. The exploration, which was given planning permission in March last year, aims to [...]
Government shale gas commissioner slams ’emotional’ narrative around fracking November 14, 2018 The government's commissioner for shale gas yesterday condemned the “narrative of fear around fracking” as she called for a more rational debate on the nascent industry. In a letter to editors, former Labour MP Natascha Engel argued that the current media coverage of earthquakes near the site of Cuadrilla's horizontal shale exploration well in Preston New [...]
Cuadrilla hails natural gas flow from Lancashire fracking operation November 2, 2018 Natural gas has started to flow from Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire, the company confirmed this afternoon. Gas has begun to reach the surface of the Preston New Road site, after Cuadrilla used hydraulic fracturing to free a small section of shale rock inside an exploration well. “Tthis is a good early indication of the [...]
Cuadrilla pauses Lancashire fracking after third seismic tremor in three days October 29, 2018 Cuadrilla has halted fracking at its controversial Lancashire site for 18 hours after recording a red warning level micro-seismic tremor this morning. The drilling giant classed the 1.1 local magnitude (ML) event as a “red” incident based on the Oil and Gas Authority’s traffic light warning system. However, the company claimed that “this level is [...]
Getting into the flow of it: Cuadrilla’s CEO on safety, earthquakes and political hypocrisy as the company gears up to start onshore fracking October 8, 2018 Not since the debate about nuclear power has an energy issue proven as controversial as fracking. Hydraulic fracturing, the process of blasting a mix of water, sand and chemicals deep into the earth to extract shale oil and gas, has riled parliament, rallied campaigners and grabbed headlines. But ask the boss of the first company [...]
Cuadrilla set to appeal fracking refusal decision July 23, 2015 Shale gas company Cuadrilla said yesterday that it will not back down in its attempt to kick-start the UK’s fracking industry. The firm announced plans to appeal against a decision last month by Lancashire County Council (LCC) to refuse planning consent for two shale gas exploration sites. Cuadrilla sought planning permission to drill, hydraulically fracture [...]