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 […]
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UKOOG calls for development of UK shale gas sector
United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) today marked the second anniversary of the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, by calling on the Government to allow UK shale gas. CARBON FOOTPRINT The organisation’s chairman Martin York said that the industry could provide employment, reduce the country’s carbon footprint and level up the British economy. […]
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 […]
Case studies of shale gas sites show low risk to groundwater
A study of impacts on groundwater from shale gas production in northern England found that up to 14% of case areas could potentially be used to produce shale gas. The joint report by the Environment Agency and the British Geological Survey also concluded that groundwater across a district or region would be at low risk […]
Cuadrilla shale site emits methane equal to 142 LON-NY flights
Cuadrilla plc’s hydraulic fracturing at its shale gas site in Lancashire led to an atmospheric venting of 4.2 tonnes of methane gas in one week, said the British Geological Survey (BGS). The company, now 97% owned by Australian mining firm AJ Lucas, was operating in the Bowland shale (Preston) until the Government introduced a moratorium […]