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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
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
Community pressure does it again – EVERY DELAY IS A VICTORY!!!
…arest residents and has 8 schools within a 1 mile radius. Fracking company IGas are desperate to get drilling as their planning permission for the site runs out in May 2015. Right now the community needs all the help and support they can get, expect numerous events and calls for action in the coming weeks. The camp has been on a site licensed to fracking companies Dart Energy and IGas for well over a year. It’s presence has defended the community… Continue reading
Nottinghamshire Fracking Decision Starts 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
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
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
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
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