Yearly Archives: 2017
North Yorks. Fracking Update – Tues 19th Sept, 2017
Preparations have begun for hydraulic fracturing tests at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire, with the fracking company trying to bring equipment onto the site at Kirby Misperton, and the community mobilising to resist. Large numbers of people have gathered outside the gates and there is now an ongoing blockade of the site. This has been […]
Fracking Yorkshire: Community Resists Preparations To Frac KM8 Well
Preparations have begun for hydraulic fracturing tests in North Yorkshire, with the fracking company trying to bring equipment onto the site at Kirby Misperton, and the community mobilising to resist. Large numbers of people have gathered outside the gates and there is now an ongoing blockade of the site. Continue reading
Drilling Rig From Broadford Bridge Fracking Site Occupied While Stopped At Services
A drilling rig targeting shale/tight oil at the Broadford Bridge fracking site near in Billingshurst, West Sussex, has been caught on the move while stopped at the Pease Pottage service station on the M23 (Junction 11) to the south of Crawley Continue reading
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
Lancs Fracking Update (PNR) – Thurs 27th Jul, 2017
Convoy of fracking trucks sneaked in at 4am but no major rig components on site, despite Cuadrilla announcement that rig has arrived (maybe a few percent is on). Previous convoy with base plate/ballast for rig still being occupied outside site, with people still on trucks after 3 days and site entrance blocked with two car […]
Fracking Lancashire: New Drilling Phase Of Resistance Underway
As the blockade of a convoy of fracking equipment at Preston New Road in Lancashire enters its third day, fracking company Cuadrilla Resources have announced that they are beginning to try to bring a drilling rig onto the site. The convoy, which was stopped from entering the site on Tues, appears to contain base plates and weights consistent with those used to construct a large drilling rig. Continue reading