Monthly Archives: November 2017
Horse Hill Fracking Site Occupied As Tight Oil Threat Grows
Support is needed at Horse Hill fracking site north of Gatwick Airport where a new occupation has begun as threat of further testing looms. Fracking companies, including UK Oil and Gas Investments (UKOG) and Angus Energy are pushing forward with plans to frack whole swaths of Sussex and Surrey. Continue reading
Weald Fracking Update (Horse Hill) – Thurs 30th Nov, 2017
Communities in Surrey and Sussex are continuing to resist fracking in the Weald, and have occupied the Horse Hill site near Horley north of Gatwick Airport. Planned testing of the well at Horse Hill is targeting the Kimmeridge Clay for Shale/Tight oil, threatening not just local community but the spread of hundreds/thousands of wells across […]
Lancs Fracking Update (PNR) – Mon 6th Nov, 2017
Lancashire communities are continuing to resist the drilling of 2 shale gas appraisal wells by Cuadrilla Resources at Preston New Road near Blackpool. A rolling blockade is taking place daily outside the site and is having a significant effect in disrupting Cuadrilla’s plans.
North Yorks. Fracking Update – Mon 6th Nov, 2017
Preparations are continuing for hydraulic fracturing tests in North Yorkshire, with the fracking company Third Energy trying to bring equipment onto the site at Kirby Misperton, and the community resisting.
Fracking Equipment, Materials And Waste: How Is Your Region Affected?
Norfolk Against Fracking are resisting fracking equipment and materials being transport through their county and are paying regular visits to fracking transport companies based in Great Yarmouth (see below). Even is areas where there are no active fracking sites it likely that there will be support site or transport routes nearby. Preparations are almost complete […]
Communities Resisting Fracking Threats In Lancashire And Yorkshire
Preparations are almost complete for hydraulic fracturing tests in North Yorkshire while Cuadrilla Resources is continuing to try to drill 2 shale gas appraisal wells on its site at in Lancashire Continue reading