Monthly Archives: August 2017
World’s Largest Producer Of Fracking Sand Targets Cheshire
Sibelco UK Ltd. have re-submitted an application for a new silica quarry in Cheshire The site is within Rudheath Lodge Farm which encompasses all of the land between Goostrey Lane, New Platt Lane and the A50. Sibelco have previously supplied frac sand to Cuadrilla Resources for it’s ill-fated Preese Hall-1 well. Each well that Cuadrilla […]
Fracking Threat: Lancashire Communities Resist Cuadrilla’s Drilling Plans
Fracking company Cuadrilla Resources is continuing to try to erect a drilling rig on its site at Preston New Road in Lancashire. The VDD 370.1 Synergy 1 rig owned and operated by German drilling contractor DrillTec GUT GmbH is being shipped in via in the east coast port of Immingham in Lincolnshire, on the Humber Estuary. Continue reading
Fracking Lancashire: Drilling Rig Being Shipped In Through East Coast Port
Fracking company Cuadrilla Resources is continuing to try to bring drilling rig parts onto its site at Preston New Road in Lancashire. The rig (probably owned by KCA Deutag) is being shipped in via in the east coast port of Immingham in Lincolnshire, on the Humber Estuary. A new phase of the resistance to fracking in Lancashire is now beginning as Cuadrilla tries bring large amounts drilling equipment onto the site, and Lancashire communities try to make it as slow and costly for them as possible. Continue reading