Monthly Archives: March 2016
Fracking The Weald: The Growing Tight Oil Threat
- Recent flow test of well at Horse Hill in Surrey
- Company targeting Kimmeridge Clay shale
- Tight oil similar to Bakken Shale, North Dakota
- Fracking company UKOG planning to return
- Statements demonstrate long term goals
- Tight oil would require dense pattern of wells
- Would be ‘regionally extensive’, ‘pervasive’
- Threat of thousands of wells across region
- Plus processing plants, pipelines, waste sites
- UKOG strategy: Focus attention on next step
- Trying to distract from the big picture threat
- Need for investment forces some disclosures
- Ultimate goal to sell to much large company
- UKOG will seek further planning permission
- Now is the time to get organised and resist
Now is the time to hit the UK fracking industry with all we’ve got.
With the current price of oil, almost no fracking companies are sinking new wells. The fracking industry requires high oil prices. The industry is being squeezed and for fledgling companies relying entirely on investment cash (like those in the UK) their entire future is looking extremely tenuous. Details of the U.S. fracking crash: http://seekingalpha.com/article/3942856-u-s-oil-rig-count-points-sharp-decline-production Read […]
Public Herald 30-Month Report Finds DEP Fracking Complaint Investigations Are “Cooked” & Shredded
Contrary to the EPA fracking study’s conclusion, the prevalence of drinking water contamination appears to be much higher than previously reported. Public Herald #fileroom project: http://publicherald.org/public-herald-30-month-report-finds-dep-fracking-complaint-investigations-are-cooked/ Read more about the stages of fracking here… An organised community is THE best defence against the Fracking industry. Get our step-by-step guides and start planning an effective Anti-Fracking […]
Effective action is increasing costs for South East fracking project
Delay, increase costs, scare investors! Coverage of today’s direct action: http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/Absolute-chaos-police-shut-Horse-Hill-near-Horley/story-28905980-detail/story.html The site is on land off Horse Hill, Hookwood, Horley, Surrey to the north of Gatwick Airport. A vertical exploration well was drilled in October 2014, which passed through a number of shale formations despite being billed as a conventional well. It was subsequently […]
Rely on regulation? No Thanks. An organised community is the best defence against the fracking industry
Press release from Frack Free East Yorkshire: A Health & Safety Investigation has revealed that the rig used at Rathlin Energy’s well site in Holderness was operating without a valid certificate of conformity The rig is owned by infamous fracking company Cuadrilla Resources and was used to frack Preese Hall well near Blackpool, causing the 2011 earthquakes […]
Fracking Stages, Fracking Impacts & Underground Coal Gasification Infographics
Fracking in the UK is currently a speculative activity. The companies involved aim to gather enough data and make enough progress, then sell out to a much bigger company that has the money to drill thousands of wells needed for full scale production. Communities across the UK can see the devastation caused by the industry […]
Woodburn Forest Blockade Continues! Live in the region? Get over there!
InfraStrata plans to commence drilling beside a major Belfast water reservoir (North Woodburn Reservoir) with no Waste Management Plan in place. A movement of people is growing, reclaiming the forest and reclaiming their right to safe and clean drinking water. “Infrastrata have absolutely no social license to carry out their deep drilling in the forest, […]
Woodburn Forest Day 21 (Sun 6th Mar)
Some photos from ‘Walk in the Wood’ at the Woodburn Forest blockade. A very enjoyable and fun day for all in the forest! Fracking company Infrastrata are trying to construct an exploratary drill site in the Woodburn Forest.