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Cuadrilla Cock up will Cost Company Millions
Last Friday UK fracker Cuadrilla abandoned its fourth Lancashire well due to a technical cock-up. The company plans to drill a fifth well adjacent to the abandoned one, but the mistake will cost the company several million pounds. During recent drilling of the fourth well – at Anna’s Road, Lancashire – Cuadrilla lost a test […]
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Lancashire: Cuadrilla Creeping Consent
Cuadrilla executives haven’t worn their cute little helmets and blue jump suits for a while. Instead they are back at the planning office asking for permissions. This represents an unprecedented opportunity for local people, in fact everyone to get involved as the original permissions were granted with much less publicity. 50 local residents in Banks […]
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Geomechanical Study Of Bowland Shale Seismicity, Cuadrilla Resources (2011)
The plot below shows a clear correlation between Cuadrillas fracking operations at Preese Hall Lancashire and sesimic activity in the area. The small circles are seismic events. By looking at the right hand axes you can see their size. The blue line shows the volume of water and chemicals injected into the well and out […]
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Lawfulness of Cuadrilla’s fracking operation remains in doubt
Yesterday, three people were on trial for a second day at Preston Magistrates Court following their action which shut down Cuadrilla Resources’ hydraulic fracturing site beside the Ribble Estuary in Lancashire in December 2011. Two of the defendants went free when it became clear that the charges against them had been poorly framed. They had […]
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Cuadrilla to drill fifth Lancs borehole next month
Cuadrilla drill rig the ‘Lord Browne’ is scheduled to drill the company’s fifth borehole in Lancashire next month. The plan was revealed in a investor presentation by Cuadrilla parent AJ Lucas. The drill rig, named by activists the ‘Lord Browne’ after Cuadrilla director and government executive John Browne, has been used on all Cuadrilla’s boreholes […]
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Anti-fracking activists storm Cuadrilla rig for second time in a month
Activists have settled in for a long-term occupation of Cuadrilla’s drilling rig in Hesketh Banks, Lancashire for the second time in a month. The controversial proposed fracking site was shut down This morning as 8 Bristol cyclists stormed the drilling rig. Three of the climate justice campaigners from Bristol Rising Tide scaled the rig with […]
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Press Release: Natural Gas Drilling Rig Stormed by Anti-Fracking Protesters
This morning nine people from the national anti-fracking network Frack Off have halted work at Cuadrilla Resources’ drilling site in Hesketh Bank, Lancashire. They ran on to the fracking site early this morning and scaled the drilling rig using climbing equipment. They aim to sit on top of the drilling rig for as long as […]
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URGENT: Demonstration outside Imperial Hotel Blackpool 21st September as Cuadrilla announce test results
URGENT:Fracking company Cuadrilla Resources will announce the findings from its Lancashire test sites tomorrow (21 September) at 11am at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool. Local people are organising a demonstration outside the hotel at 11am – get there if you can. Also see the Frack Off Press Release.
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