The UK’s onshore oil and gas industry body has urged shale gas to be included in the Government’s homegrown energy security strategy announced today. BOWLAND SHALE The announcement of the strategy follows yesterday’s news that the Government had commissioned the British Geological Survey (BGS) to conduct a scientific review on shale gas extraction. Charles McAllister, […]
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Egdon adds support for review on shale gas extraction
Egdon Resources plc today added its support for Government’s move to commission the British Geological Survey for a scientific review of shale gas. GAINSBOROUGH TROUGH The company’s comments follow those of IGas yesterday after the Government made its announcement. Egdon’s shale gas licences cover 151,742 net acres (614 km2) which it estimates to hold mean […]
IGas welcomes review on shale gas extraction
IGas plc said it welcomed the Government’s call for a scientific review of shale gas extraction by the British Geological Survey. OPPORTUNITY The department for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) today announced it had commissioned a scientific review, with a report expected by the end of June 2022. IGas chief executive Stephen Bowler said […]
Cuadrilla to plug and abandon two shale gas wells in Lancashire
Cuadrilla Resources Holdings Ltd will plug and abandon two shale gas exploration wells in Lancashire but its parent company will retain all its licences in the UK. MORATORIUM Owners, Australian mining and infrastructure company AJ Lucas, said that the move was in compliance with Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) regulations. The project has been subject […]
IGas aims to extend licence for ‘world class’ shale gas
Island Gas Ltd (IGas) has applied to extend by three years the life of its proposed development of shale gas in the village of Misson, North Nottinghamshire. The company said it wanted the extension to allow the Government to consider fully the future of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, following the moratorium introduced on 4 November […]
Cuadrilla surrenders its Lancashire shale gas permit
Shale gas company Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd has surrendered its exploration permit for the Bowland Basin in Preston, Lancashire. MORATORIUM The Environment Agency (EA) said today that the company, owned by Australian mining and infrastructure company AJ Lucas, had returned the site to a satisfactory state. The EA added that Cuadrilla had also taken necessary steps […]