Just in case you were worried that the staged PR blitz by Cuadrilla Resources, announcing a huge find of shale gas under Lancashire, to try to keep one of its main investors off life support, meant that there isn’t any horribly depressing articles cataloging problems with fracking to read, we bring you a choice selection […]
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Who are Cuadrilla – Company Overview – Nov 2014
Like many medium-sized companies, Cuadrilla is a network of companies owned by a parent. The parent is the most important bit: this ‘holding company’ is Cuadrilla Resource Holdings Ltd (CRH). CRH owns nine further UK companies, and seven in Europe (see below for all CRC’s companies). Each company is seperate from, but owned by, CRH. […]
Today we march, tomorrow we plan
At 8am the camp is only just beginning to wake up for what is sure to be a very interesting day. Many people will be focussing their energy on planning and organising the march from the camp site up to the drill rig 2 miles up the road that will be taking place this afternoon. […]
Why does Cuadrilla own an old gas well near Elswick in Lancashire?
The Elswick-1 gas well was completed and stimulated by Independent Energy in 1993. The gas field, which was commissioned in 1996, produces gas from a low permeability sandstone reservoir at a depth of around 4000 ft and is used to generate power which is fed into the electricity grid. It has generated around 1 MW […]
Adventures with the Beeb
It’s been a long day but a good day. It’s been great seeing the camp take shape. It’s 9.30 and it’s dark and getting cold but people are still working hard all over the site to get everything ready for the first official day of Camp Frack tomorrow. There are workshops to organise, security shifts […]
Day Two in Lancashire
Day two in Lancashire started pretty slowly. After attending the REAF meeting the previous night and having lots of engaging discussions with the local campaigners I lay awake for what seemed like hours, my brain buzzing, assimilating what I had heard and trying to work out how I might be able to contribute to their […]
Fracking might soon be taking place on everyone’s doorstep
My involvement in the Frack Off campaign didn’t really make sense until I arrived in Lancashire yesterday, laid eyes on Cuadrilla’s drilling site at Banks for the first time and met the local people directly affected. Attending meetings in Brighton and hearing about the work other activists were doing at the other end of the […]