Monthly Archives: November 2013
Latest News From Community Blockade At Barton Moss
Fracking company IGas Energy drilled a Shale/CBM exploration well at Barton Moss in Salford, Greater Manchester. It was the beginning of a programme that could see thousands of fracking wells drilled across the region. The local community did everything that they could to stop them. See Fracking Manchester: IGas Threatens Barton Moss and Fracking Threat […]
Fracking Threat In The North West
- Wide range of fracking threats in North West
- Both Bowland Shale and various coal seams
- Cuadrilla have large license in Lancashire
- Drilled 4 shale gas test wells and fracked one
- Bogged down in planning at present time
- IGas holds swath from Manchester to Liverpool
- Targeting Shale and CBM at Barton Moss well
- Dart has group of licenses in Cheshire
- After CBM and Shale (helped by GDF Suez)
- Aurora Petroleum has licence north of Liverpool
- Looking for investors to exploit Shale Oil
- UCG licenses in Liverpool Bay and Dee Estuary
- Over 20,000 wells threatened across region
- Government to license more areas next year
- Peel Holdings looking to be fracking landlord
Fracking Manchester: IGas Threatens Barton Moss
- Fracking focus is shifting to North West
- IGas Energy plan to start drilling soon
- Site at Barton Moss in Salford, near Manchester
- Exploration well targets CBM and Shale Gas
- Drilling threatened to start in mid-November
- IGas are busy fortifying the pad with fencing
- On area of Mosslands known for wildlife
- Growing local opposition as awareness grows
- Resistance being organised by local groups
- Callout for support for across the country