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The timing of Cuadrilla`s test results is no co-incidence
…xecutive director, Allan Campbell. Campbell was the man fronting the urgent search for new cash: Cuadrilla’s potential will have been his main selling point when talking to new investors. Consequently Campbell would have been desperate that Cuadrilla’s results were good. So when Cuadrilla executives talk of trillions of cubic feet of gas reserves it’s worth bearing in mind that the principal motivation has been to bail a troubled… Continue reading
Lawfulness of Cuadrilla’s fracking operation remains in doubt
…the prosecution had hoped to call Pat Waring, (1) an Ecologist employed by Cuadrilla Resources, to attempt to demonstrate that Cuadrilla had not been operating unlawfully at the time of the protest. In the event Mr Waring was not prepared to appear for the prosecution. This left the prosecution with the challenge of trying to demonstrate ‘lawfulness’ without an expert witness. In the event this was left undetermined as the prosecution had already… Continue reading
Fracking Lancashire: Cuadrilla Pauses Fracking After Largest Earthquake Yet
…ndustry in the US has lost over $280 billion in last decade and a half. If Cuadrilla’s carefully planned, cost no object, slow and steady, test project is producing many small earthquakes from the first few stages on one well, then production in the UK can be expected to be littered with Preese Hall style well destroy earthquakes. Cuadrilla are planning to frac the wells at PNR in up to 41 stages along their lengths, starting at the far end… Continue reading
People Protecting Lancashire Jailed As Cuadrilla Prepare To Frack Site
…er. That is where communities across the country come in – by making Cuadrilla’s fracking plans as difficult, slow and expensive as possible! In court Cuadrilla claimed this one protest cost them approximately £50,000. Join the fracking resistance and support Lancashire’s threatened communities! Join or form an anti-fracking group where you live. Read up on how you can fight fracking where you live. Check out our factsheet about… Continue reading
Cuadrilla’s Fracking Tests Threaten The Whole Of The UK
…llion acres of the UK now licensed for fracking. Yorkshire Fracking Threat Cuadrilla recently secured 8 new licences in Yorkshire and is working to assess where exploration sites can be located. South Yorkshire towns in Cuadrilla’s new fracking licence: Grimethorpe, Hooton Pagnell, Clayton, Great Houghton, Little Houghton, Thurnscoe, Billingley, Hickleton, Derfield, Goldthorpe, Barnburgh, Bolton upon Dearne, Harlington, Brampton, Adwick upon… Continue reading
Fighting Fracking In 2017: Frackers Count Costs Of Community Resistance
…ible. August – 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 I (PDF) 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. Cuadrilla is… Continue reading
Becconsall Exploration Site – Timeline 2010-14
…cation 08/10/0973 (see update of 30th August 2011) 28th March 2011 – Cuadrilla’s development begins at Becconsall 17th August 2011 – Letter from Phil Mason, Cuadrilla, to Jonathan Haine/Rob Jones of LCC, that drilling will start on 22nd August 2011 30th September 2011 – Cuadrilla drilled beyond 30th September 2011 and so breached the planning condition designed to protect wintering birds at a nearby sanctuary. 30th August 2012 &#… Continue reading
The Great Gas Gala – Day 25 In Pictures
…Bike Train From Brighton Arrives At Community Blockade Outside The Gate Of Cuadrilla’s Fracking Site In Balcombe Community Blockade Outside The Gate Of Cuadrilla’s Fracking Site In Balcombe Drummers At Community Blockade Outside The Gate Of Cuadrilla’s Fracking Site In Balcombe Community Protection Blockade Outside The Gate Of Cuadrilla’s Fracking Site In Balcombe Community Protection Blockade Ou… Continue reading