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Springs Road
…isson, inside the old MOD rocket site (now Jacksons arms dealers). In July IGas submitted an application to drill 12 groundwater monitoring boreholes in the area. In October Nottinghamshire County Council have delayed making a decision on the application until at least the 17th November. See here for more details. Oil giant Total has a 40 percent stake in IGas’s licence block covering the area, PEDL 140. The area is in the Gainsborough Troug… Continue reading
Communities Mobilising To Resist New Fracking Threat In Nottinghamshire
…ds could see thousands of wells drilled across the region, if not stopped. IGas has plans to drill up to two test wells, including one horizontal well, at Springs Road, and has already drilled one test well at Tinker Lane. The site at Springs Road in Misson, is inside the old MOD rocket site (now Jacksons arms dealers), while the Tinker Lane site is on farm land near the A634. The licence blocks covering the area, PEDL 140 for Springs Road and PED… Continue reading
Live in the North Notts/South Yorkshire area? This concerns you!
…parish population) who took the survey only 4% (14 people) were in favour. IGas have applied for a Mining Waste Permit, objections can be submitted until the 8th March here… IGas has not yet received planning permission for fracking at the site but has already started work drilling up to 12 groundwater monitoring boreholes. “Given that these boreholes will only be necessary if IGas are given permission to carry out exploratory drilling… Continue reading
Nottinghamshire Fracking Decision Resumes Tomorrow – Support Springs Road, Misson
…les at the site. A survey organised by Misson parish council confirms that IGas has no social licence to operate. Of 396 residents (76% of the parish population) who took the survey only 4% (14 people) were in favour. Meet at County Hall to support the community. For details of the Frack Free Notts Demo >>Click Here<< On Wednesday 5th October, the Nottinghamshire County Council Planning Committee will be discussing IGas Energy’s… Continue reading
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Drilling Rig Arrives As Resistance Grows At Notts Fracking Site
…site, but the rig (an Drillmec HH220 previously used by Cuadrilla, and by IGas at Barton Moss) consists of over 100 lorry loads of equipment and will take over a week to set up. Even then it will require constant resupply during the weeks of dilling. Every one of these lorry movements can be stopped, delayed, and disrupted if there enough community resistance. The company has plans to drill a verical test well at Tinker Lane site, on farm land ne… Continue reading
Upton Day 648 (Tues 12th Jan) Camp Eviction
…much more expensive. By dragging out the eviction for as long as possible, IGas’s costs are costs are increased, which is all investors care about. Up to 11 people have been arrested so far (mainly for obstruction), but other are still holding out and the eviction is obviously taking much longer than hoped for. One person has single-handedly stopped a digger from being brought onto the site by jumping on top of it. Flood lights are being bro… Continue reading
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Land At Duttons Lane
…from April 2104 to January 2016. The community at Upton (Chester) opposed IGas Energy’s fracking plans, which could lead to thousands for wells being drilled across Cheshire and the rest of the UK. Energy company IGas Energy had planning permission and permits in place to drill an exploratory unconventional gas well to sample both the coal bed and the much deeper Bowland shale. The vast majority of the local community strongly opposed the d… Continue reading
The East Midlands and the North East are under attack from fracking companies. Get informed and get organised where you live today!
…gas exploration site off the A634 between Barnby Moor and Blyth. Initially IGas plans (PDF) to drill one well to core sample the shale, as well as a number of small monitoring boreholes in vicinity. French utility company GDF Suez has a 25 percent stake in IGas’s licence block covering the area, PEDL 200. Privately owned multinational chemicals company INEOS has a 20 percent stake in the licence block. The area is in the Gainsborough Trough, a geo… Continue reading
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