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Fracking Lancashire: Drilling Rig Being Shipped In Through East Coast Port
Fracking company Cuadrilla Resources is continuing to try to bring drilling rig parts onto its site at Preston New Road in Lancashire. The rig (probably owned by KCA Deutag) is being shipped in via in the east coast port of Immingham in Lincolnshire, on the Humber Estuary. A new phase of the resistance to fracking in Lancashire is now beginning as Cuadrilla tries bring large amounts drilling equipment onto the site, and Lancashire communities try to make it as slow and costly for them as possible. Continue reading
Fracking Lancashire: New Drilling Phase Of Resistance Underway
As the blockade of a convoy of fracking equipment at Preston New Road in Lancashire enters its third day, fracking company Cuadrilla Resources have announced that they are beginning to try to bring a drilling rig onto the site. The convoy, which was stopped from entering the site on Tues, appears to contain base plates and weights consistent with those used to construct a large drilling rig. Continue reading
Anti-Fracking Solidarity Sunday – Derbyshire
Eckington Against Fracking Local people are invited to the protection camp at P R Marriotts Clay Cross to show solidarity against the Fracking industry. All ages and abilities welcome to a safe and child friendly environment. Come down and take part in a peaceful protest, ask questions, take part in slow walking the Seismic testers […]
Fracking Resistance: Focus On Transport Of Drilling Equipment To Lancashire
With construction of the Frack Pad at Preston New Road in Lancashire coming to a close (months behind schedule), attention is turning to the next phase of this fracking threat. Cuadrilla has begun trying to move equipment off the yard of its primary drilling contractor, PR Marriott, in Chesterfield. Communities across the country are mobilising […]
Cuadrilla Drilling Equipment Blockaded In Yard Near Chesterfield – Support Needed!
With construction of the Frack Pad at Preston New Road in Lancashire coming to a close (months behind schedule), attention is turning to the next phase of this fracking threat. Cuadrilla has begun trying to move equipment off the yard of its primary drilling contractor, PR Marriott, in Chesterfield. Communities across the country are mobilising […]
Community DIY Defences Take Shape At Preston New Road, Lancashire
Cuadrilla’s plans for the largest UK fracking test to date have no social licence. Join the community blockade this week. With upgraded observation towers at the site gates and a new “community kitchen” at the Action Hub now is the time to get involved. If you live in the Fylde jump on the number 61 […]
Ineos Threat: Stash Of Asset Stripped Fracking Equipment Found In Cheshire
Speculation confirmed that the largest set of fracking equipment in Europe now in the hands of chemical giant, turned fracking company Ineos, after the equipment has been located on a former ICI chemical plant in Cheshire, now owned by Ineos. Continue reading
Asset Stripped Polish Fracking Company Trucks Prepare For Ineos Survey
Seismic survey trucks previously owned by bankrupt polish fracking services company United Oilfield Services have been spotted preparing to take part in Ineos’s planned seismic survey around Worksop Continue reading