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Fracking Licence Clear Out: Preparation For Sell Off

Fracking Licence Clear Out: Preparation For Sell Off

…ottinghamshire CBM PEDL 155 Northern Petroleum Havant Hampshire ? PEDL 107 IGas Energy Point Of Ayr Flintshire CBM PEDL 161 Dart Energy North Of Largo Bay East Fife CBM PEDL 195 Dart Energy South Staffordshire Staffordshire CBM PEDL 198 Dart Energy Milwich Staffordshire CBM PEDL 196 Dart Energy Cotes Heath Staffordshire CBM PEDL 176 Dart Energy Pocklington East Riding of Yorkshire CBM PEDL 206 Egdon Resources Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire ? PEDL… Continue reading

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Radioactive Sources Brought To Salford Fracking Site

Radioactive Sources Brought To Salford Fracking Site

…has confirmed that oil services giant Schlumberger has been contracted by IGas to do the well logging. These radioactive sources are lowered down the well in order to measure the properties of the rock that is being drilled through. This highlights one of the numerous secondary impacts of fracking; proliferation of such dangerous activities in our communities. The sources involved appear to be Caesium-137, a gamma ray source with a half life of 3… Continue reading

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North West

…attempting to drill Coal Bed Methane (CBM) exploration wells in Cheshire. IGas are also active in the region, they are developing a new site at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire having drilled an exploratory site at Barton Moss near Manchester a year ago. An additional threat in the region comes from IGas plans for seismic surveys to gather 100 square kilometres of 3D data near Glazebury, Warrington, between Manchester and Liverpool. Another company Aur… Continue reading

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Fracking The East Midlands: Total Distraction

Fracking The East Midlands: Total Distraction

…e) When it comes to CBM the main companies that need watching are Dart and IGas. Both have numerous licences in the region, and Dart has already drilled several CBM exploration wells. Both companies are also facing stiff opposition in other area, with Dart’s attempts to construct the first UK CBM production development stalled in Scotland and an ongoing community blockade of IGas’s site at Barton Moss near Manchester. While neither com… Continue reading

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Fighting Fracking In 2018: Communities Resolute, Industry Shoots Itself In Foot

Fighting Fracking In 2018: Communities Resolute, Industry Shoots Itself In Foot

…sands of wells drilled across the region, if not stopped. Fracking company IGas Energy has plans to drill up to two test wells, including one horizontal well, at Springs Road and 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. May – Weald Tight Oil Threat: Drilling Or Testing Planned At Five Fracking Site… Continue reading

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Frack Off April Newsletter: Fracking Industry Counts Cost Of More Delays

Frack Off April Newsletter: Fracking Industry Counts Cost Of More Delays

…sands of wells drilled across the region, if not stopped. Fracking company IGas Energy has plans to drill up to two test wells, including one horizontal well, at Springs Road and one test well at Tinker Lane. The area is in the Gainsborough Trough, a geological formation where the Bowland Shale is thought to contain gas that could potentially be extract. However, exploitation would require coating the area in thousands of fracking wells. See Commu… Continue reading

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