Author Archives: radix

Belcoo Day 3 (Weds 23rd Jul)

Posted on July 23, 2014 by radix

The local community has been continuing to mobilise to resist Tamboran Resources new fracking site in Belcoo, Fermanagh. People have been maintaining a constant presence outside the gates to the site. See below for more photos.

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Belcoo Day 2 (Tues 22nd Jul)

Posted on July 22, 2014 by radix

The local community has been continuing to mobilise to resist Tamboran Resources new fracking site in Belcoo, Fermanagh. People have been maintaining a constant presence outside the gates to the site. See below for more photos.

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Belcoo Day 1 (Mon 21st Jul)

Posted on July 21, 2014 by radix

After fracking company Tamboran Resources began trying to sneak equipment onto a site at a disused quarry in Belcoo, Fermanagh the local community immediately mobilise to resist this threat, with around 300 people gathered outside the site by the evening. See below for more photos.

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Crawberry Hill Day 61 (Thurs 10th Jul)

Posted on July 16, 2014 by radix

The community blockade of Rathlin Energy’s Crawberry Hill fracking site is still going strong. See below for more photos.

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West Newton Day 66 (Tues 15th Jul)

Posted on July 15, 2014 by radix

Rathlin Energy have erected a workover rig on the site to carry out a mini-frac on the Bowland Shale. Today has seen convoys of trucks attempting to resupply the site and the people trying to stop them. See below for more photos.

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Fracking Yorkshire: Cuadrilla Rig On Rathlin Site

Posted on July 10, 2014 by radix
  • Rathlin Energy push fracking in East Yorkshire
  • Returns to West Newton site drilled last year
  • 40 HGV’s escorted by 100 police swoop on site
  • Planning mini-frac on the Bowland Shale layer
  • Aims to test if the shale layer can be fractured
  • Cuadrilla’s fracking rig now erected on the site
  • Rented to Rathlin to conduct the mini-frac test
  • More oil & gas companies getting into fracking
  • Community at Crawberry Hill under same threat
  • Camps supporting blockades outside both sites
  • 150 people march in nearby town of Beverley
  • Communities mobilising to resist this threat

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West Newton Day 56 (Sat 5th Jul)

Posted on July 6, 2014 by radix

Rathlin Energy have started trying to move large amounts of equipment onto the site in preparation for the mini-frac they want to carry out on the Bowland Shale. A workover rig is being erected on the site. See below for more photos.

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West Newton Day 54 (Thurs 3rd Jul)

Posted on July 3, 2014 by radix

Rathlin Energy have started trying to move large amounts of equipment onto the site in preparation for the mini-frac they want to carry out on the Bowland Shale. A workover rig is being erected on the site. See below for more photos.

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