Monthly Archives: March 2014

Farndon Day 18 (Sun 16th Mar)

Farndon Day 18 (Sun 16th Mar)

Dart Energy have brought a drilling rig onto their Farndon fracking site and is planning to a coal bed methane (CBM) exploration well. The local community is mobilizing to resist, with a large gathering outside the site today, and a camp has now been setup. See below for more photos.

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Farndon Day 11 (Sun 9th Mar)

Farndon Day 11 (Sun 9th Mar)

Dart Energy have brought a drilling rig onto their Farndon fracking site and is planning to a coal bed methane (CBM) exploration well. The local community is mobilizing to resist, with a large gathering outside the site today. See below for more photos.

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Farndon Day 8 (Thurs 6th Mar)

Farndon Day 8 (Thurs 6th Mar)

Dart Energy have brought a drilling rig onto their Farndon fracking site and is planning to a coal bed methane (CBM) exploration well. The local community is mobilizing to resist. See below for more photos.

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Dart Frack Attack: New Midlands Multi-Well Program

Dart Frack Attack: New Midlands Multi-Well Program

  • Dart Energy tied up fighting Scots communities
  • Appealing application for first production in UK
  • Now £24m GDF Suez investment driving activity
  • 3-5 CBM well drilling campaign under way
  • Shale gas exploration wells planned to follow
  • Drilling rig being erected at site in Cheshire
  • Well pad under construction at Daneshill, Notts
  • 2 more sites in Cheshire and Wrexham lined up
  • Exploration wells potentially just beginning
  • Threat of thousands of wells across regions
  • Local communities are mobilising in response
  • Areas are new front in the fight against fracking

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