Yearly Archives: 2014
Underground Coal Gasification: Secret Talks In Warwickshire As Public Revolts In Wales
Warwickshire County Council has been engaging in secret talks (Coventry Telegraph) with Cluff Natural Resources, a company with plans to conduct underground coal gasification (UCG) under the county. UCG involves drilling into coal seams, using similar horizontal drilling technology to shale gas/oil and coal bed methane (CBM) extraction, injecting air/oxygen and setting fire to the […]
Fracking The East Midlands: Total Distraction
- Oil giant Total plans £30 million investment
- Mostly in Nottinghamshire and Doncaster
- However most of East MIdlands threatened
- Coalbed Methane (CBM) as well as Shale Gas
- Coal more widespread than shale in region
- CBM exploration wells already drilled by Dart
- Shale Companies: eCorp, Egdon and Dart
- Dart: £24 million Investment From GDF Suez
- CBM Companies: Dart and IGas
- Both fighting other Communities at present
- Threat of Thousands of Wells in Medium Term
- UCG also lurking Threat in the Region
Mounting Evidence: The Harm Caused By Fracking
Summary Below we document the impacts of fracking. Click on a link to jump to a particular section: UK Specific Water Contamination Air Pollution Radioactive Contamination Human Health Agriculture & Animal Health Wildlife Methane Migration Climate Change Fracking Waste Water Usage Earthquakes Transport Pipelines Blowouts, Spills & Explosions Frack Sand Leaking Wells Orphaned Wells Industrialisation […]
Fracking Balcombe: A Threatened Community 2010-2013
In 1986 energy company Conoco drilled a conventional exploration well on the Lower Stumble site situated half a mile from Balcombe village. With the advent of high volume hydraulic fracturing, Unconventional Gas Exploration company Cuadrilla Resources returned to the site with the intention to frack for shale oil and gas. 25th Jan 2010 – Cuadrilla […]