Fracking Companies

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Information on the major players pushing fracking, unconventional and invasive gas mining in the UK (please e-mail us with any information):

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Fracking (Shale and Coal Bed Methane)

Underground Coal Gasification

  • Cluff Natural Resources

    One of the UK’s most visible prospective UCG companies. Founded by multi-millionaire Algy Cluff who made his fortune in gold-mining in Africa and North Sea Oil.

  • Clean Coal Syngas LLP

    Hold a number of Underground Coal Gasification licenses around the UK.

  • Riverside Energy

    Australian UCG company. Best known for it’s licence covering a large area of the Thames Estuary.

    • Address: Belgrave House 39 -43 Monument Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom, KT13 8RN

  • BCG Energy

    BCG currently focuses specifically on UCG operations via subsidiary companies. Best known for it’s licence in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.

  • Five-Quarter Energy

    Five Quarter are one of the UK’s most advanced UCG companies and have been successful in securing government backing for it’s proposed UCG project in the North East of England. The company coined the term ‘Deep Gas Winning’ in an attempt to shirk the negative publicity associated with UCG.

  • Europa Oil & Gas

    Hold two Underground Coal Gasification licenses around Humber Estuary.

Drilling

  • PR Marriott Drilling

    The Marriott Drilling Group is the largest onshore deep drilling company based in the United Kingdom operating 20 drilling and workover rigs.

  • Meehan Drilling

    Meehan Drilling provides a wide range of services to public, private and agricultural sectors including Oil & Gas Drilling, Water Well Drilling, Directional Drilling, Trenchless Installation and Geothermal Drilling.

  • Moorhouse Drilling and Completions

    Moorhouse Drilling & Completions is a small independent consultancy company which plans and manages oil and gas well drilling projects for clients around the world.

    • Address: Moor House Bessingby Way Bessingby Industrial Estate Bridlington East Yorkshire YO16 4SJ
    • Phone: +44 (0) 1262 608731
    • Email: info@mdc.co.uk
    • Website: www.mdc.co.uk

  • Geometric Cofor

    Geometric Cofor are a drilling company which have previously drilled wells for Dart Energy.

    • Address: Unit 4, Evans Business Centre, Nobel Way, Dinnington, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S25 3QB
    • Phone: +44 (0) 114 321 2430

  • British Drilling and Freezing

    British Drilling and Freezing Company Limited (BDF) and its Boldon Drilling and BB Drilling divisions, is the UK's largest onshore drilling contractor.

    • Address: Private Road No 3., Colwick Industrial Estate, Colwick, Nottingham NG4 2BB
    • Phone: +44 (0)115 9611300
    • Email: info@bdf.co.uk
    • Website: www.bdf.co.uk/

  • Hydracat

  • Dril Corp

  • DrillTec GUT GmbH

Seismic

  • Applied Seismology Consultants

    ASC specialises in providing microseismic monitoring of rock masses particularly applied Shale Gas/oil. They offer seismic monitoring services aimed at mapping the position, growth and effectiveness of frack-jobs and monitor toxic fluid migration.

    • Address: 5 Claremont Buildings, Claremont Bank, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 1RJ
    • Phone: +44 (0)1743 271440
    • Website: www.appliedseismology.com/

  • TESLA Exploration

    Most visible seismic testing company in the UK. Has reputation for trespassing on private land and threatening residents. Has been used by some of the country's most aggressive shale/coal bed methane exploration companies including IGas.

  • CGG

    Global seismic-testing company. Has offices in Crawley. Has operated in the largest U.S shale plays including Marcellus and Haynesville. Best known in UK for conducting seismic testing on the Fylde Peninsula, Lancashire for Cuadrilla Resources.

  • Geotechnical Engineering

    Geotechnical Engineering are based in Gloucester, but do work all over the UK. They are not seismic specialists but are used by UK-based fracking companies to conduct seismic testing. They conducted Cuadrilla Resources original seismic tests on the Fylde Peninsula, Lancashire alongside CGG back in 2011.

  • Landtech Geophysics

    Micro-seismic testing company looking to place itself in the centre of the UK fracking market. Has ties to underground coal gasification (UCG) development via it's partnership with the Welsh Seren Project.

  • Adrok Ltd

Waste

Equipment

Services

Transport

Sand company

Chemical company

Materials supplier

Planning

Investor

  • AJ Lucas Group

    Investors in Cuadrilla Resources

    • Address: Hanover Court, 5 Queen Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6QD
    • Phone: +61 (2) 9490 4000
    • Website: www.lucas.com.au/

  • Riverstone LLC

    Investors in Cuadrilla Resources

    • Address: 3 Burlington Gardens, London W1S 3EP
    • Phone: 44 (20) 3206 6300
    • Website: riverstonellc.com/

  • Carlyle Group

    Investors in Cuadrilla Resources through Riverstone LLC

  • Goldman Sachs

    Investors in Cuadrilla Resources through Riverstone LLC

  • Kerogen Capital

    Investor in Cuadrilla Resources through A J Lucas

  • BG Group

    Investors in Shale Gas licenses with Dart Energy.

  • Total SA

    Total SA invest in Shale Gas licenses including a 40% share in two UK licenses for Shale Gas exploration in the East Midlands.

    • Address: one euston square, 40 melton street, London, NW1 2FD
    • Phone: +44 (0) 20 7339 8000
    • Website: total.com/en

  • Centrica

    Investors with Cuadrilla Resources of Shale Gas Licenses in Lancashire.

  • Engie (formerly GDF Suez)

    French energy company investing in Shale Gas licenses in the UK with Dart Energy.

  • Barclays Bank

    Investor in Third Energy, which is 97% owned by Barclays Natural Resource Investments, a private equity arm of the bank.

    • Address: Barclays Natural Resource Investments 5 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 4BB
    • Phone: +44 (0) 20 313 41723
    • Email: bnri@barclays.com
    • Website: bnri.com

  • Eden Energy

    Australian company which has investments in a number of licences in the south of England and Wales, previously through its subsidiary Adamo Energy, and more recently through the publically listed Shale Energy PLC. The company is very closely associated with UK Onshore Gas Ltd and its subsidiaries, UK Methane and Coastal Oil & Gas.

  • Norcros

Security

Legal

Landowner

Financial

  • HSBC

    HSBC is a shareholder in fracking firm Dart Energy, who it has lent £63 million. It provides banking services to fracking firm Cuadrilla and also helped BG Group raise €1 billion.

  • Macquarie Group

    Macquarie provides financing, equity capital and price risk management to producers and consumers of metals (including precious and base metals), bulk commodities (coal, iron ore, industrial minerals and uranium) and upstream oil and gas.

Consultant

  • Continental Energy Resources

    CERL is a specialist Consultancy providing management services and advice to fracking Operators, Investors and Suppliers in an attempt to improve their position within the UK shale gas/oil industry.

  • Novas Consulting

    Consultancy firm founded in 2005 that offers strategic, management, data analysis and financial advise to the oil and gas industry. They see fracking as a major new market opportunity.

  • Wood Mackenzie

    Provides commercial intelligence for the energy, metals and mining industries. Has significant business with North American fracking industry.

  • SLR Consulting

    SLR provides advice a wide range of strategic and site specific environmental and sustainability issues to the energy sector. Within the fracking industry, SLR specialises in trying to help shale gas/oil companies appear socially acceptable.

  • AMEC

    AMEC are best know for servicing Canada's Tar Sands industry. In the UK, however, they have been most visible when collating the Government's Strategic Environmental Assessment for Further Onshore Oil and Gas Licensing and more recently, preparing Cuadrilla's planning applications for the Fylde Peninsula, Lancashire.

    • Address: 4th Floor, Old Change House, 128 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4BJ
    • Phone: +44 (0)20 7429 7500
    • Email: investors@amec.com
    • Website: www.amec.com

  • Arcus Consultancy Services

    Consultants specialising in getting unpopular and controversial projects through the planning permitting process. Best known in the UK for their work with Dart Energy (who have been bought by IGas Energy).

  • NuTech Energy Alliance

  • ARUP

  • Zetland Group

Public Relations

  • Westbourne Communications

    Public affairs, public relations, crisis communication, opinion research and message development for Cuadrilla & Centrica.

  • Vigo Communications

    Public relations for oil and gas exploration and production, oil field services, mining and renewable energy. Provided crisis response, sentiment improvement, digital and social media for Dart Energy.

  • Bell Pottinger

    Worked to position Cuadrilla Resources as the leading proponent of shale gas exploration in the UK and attempt to improve the company’s reputation after it created seismic activity with it's first frack at Preese Hall in Lancashire in 2011.

  • PPS Group

    PPS is a multi-client lobbying firm specialising in the property and development industry. PPS worked to improve Cuadrillas reputation after it created seismic activity with it's first frack at Preese Hall in Lancashire in 2011. They continue to play a role in Cuadrilla’s "stakeholder engagement" programme trying to build understanding and support for Cuadrilla’s operations (both in Lancashire and the south east of England).

  • Lexington Communications

    Currently provides UK public affairs consultancy services to IGas Energy. Lexington also provides PR and lobbying services to a slew of Biotech and genetically modified (GM) crop companies, nanotech companies and lobbies government on behalf of developers and the house-building sector.

  • Buchanan Communication

    Public Relations company based in London. Has ventured into the fracking world via it's services for Infrastrata in Northern Ireland.

  • Fizz PR

    Public relations for Egdon Resources.

    • Address: 52a High Pavement The Lace Market Nottingham NG1 1HW
    • Phone: +44 (0) 115 878 8893 / +44 (0) 797 980 0897
    • Email: jo@fizzpr.co.uk
    • Website: fizzpr.co.uk/

  • Caroline Collett PR

    Caroline Collett both works for Five-Quarter (UK's most visible UCG company) as PR and Media Director and runs the PR company that Five-Quarter contract for media/PR consultancy work. Confused? You should be.

  • St Brides Media & Finance

    Public relations for Cluff Natural Resources.

  • Hanover Communications

    Large PR company (clients include Tata Steel, Shell, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs). Know very little about fracking and know a lot about PR. They're not doing a great job. Represent Cuadrilla resources and Tamboran - currently the two most visible and unpopular fracking companies operating in the UK.

  • Weber Shandwick

    Large UK-based PR company. Within energy sector, they specialise in 'greening' the image of fossil fuel companies. Currently representing fracking companies Rathlin Energy and Tamboran Resources.

  • Edelman UK

    Public Affairs for IGas, Ineos, Cuadrilla, Shale Energy PLC, Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG).

  • Newgate Communications LLP

    Large PR and lobbying company specialising in making companies that operate in socially/morally questionable fields appear palatable to the general public and governments. Within the UK, currently represents fracking companies Third Energy and the industry consortium The United Kingdom Onshore Operators’ Group.