Yearly Archives: 2017
Lancs Fracking Update (PR Marriott) – Sun 2nd Jul, 2017
With site construction at Cuadrilla’s flagship fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire drawing to a close, attention is turning to resisting the upcoming drilling phase of the project. Cuadrilla’s main drilling equipment is stored on it drilling contractor, PR Marriott, yard near Chesterfield. The drilling rig itself is still erected in the yard, […]
Lancs Fracking Update (PR Marriott) – Sat 1st Jul, 2017
With site construction at Cuadrilla’s flagship fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire drawing to a close, attention is turning to resisting the upcoming drilling phase of the project. Cuadrilla’s main drilling equipment is stored on it drilling contractor, PR Marriott, yard near Chesterfield. The drilling rig itself is still erected in the yard, […]
Lancs Fracking Update (PR Marriott) – Fri 30th Jun, 2017
With site construction at Cuadrilla’s flagship fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire drawing to a close, attention is turning to resisting the upcoming drilling phase of the project. Cuadrilla’s main drilling equipment is stored on it drilling contractor, PR Marriott, yard near Chesterfield. The drilling rig itself is still erected in the yard, […]
Cuadrilla Drilling Equipment Blockaded In Yard Near Chesterfield – Support Needed!
With construction of the Frack Pad at Preston New Road in Lancashire coming to a close (months behind schedule), attention is turning to the next phase of this fracking threat. Cuadrilla has begun trying to move equipment off the yard of its primary drilling contractor, PR Marriott, in Chesterfield. Communities across the country are mobilising […]
Lancs Fracking Update (PNR) – Fri 30th Jun, 2017
With the threat of Cuadrilla’s main drilling equipment beginning to try to move on site soon (though the drilling rig itself is still erected in the PR Marriott yard near Chesterfield) resistance at Preston New Road is stepping up a gear. Last night two towers were constructed at the gates and this morning people are […]
Community DIY Defences Take Shape At Preston New Road, Lancashire
Cuadrilla’s plans for the largest UK fracking test to date have no social licence. Join the community blockade this week. With upgraded observation towers at the site gates and a new “community kitchen” at the Action Hub now is the time to get involved. If you live in the Fylde jump on the number 61 […]
Ineos Threat: Stash Of Asset Stripped Fracking Equipment Found In Cheshire
Speculation confirmed that the largest set of fracking equipment in Europe now in the hands of chemical giant, turned fracking company Ineos, after the equipment has been located on a former ICI chemical plant in Cheshire, now owned by Ineos. Continue reading
Billingshurst Fracking Update (UKOG) – Mon 12th Jun, 2017
Communities in Sussex are continuing to resist fracking in Billinghurst where a drilling rig is now on the site at Broadford Bridge. UKOG is targeting the Kimmeridge Clay for Shale/Tight oil, threatening not just local community but whole of the Weald. Come down and support them!