NEARLY £9M FLOWS INTO LANCASHIRE’S ECONOMY FROM CUADRILLA’S SHALE GAS EXPLORATION

Cuadrilla has today (30 April) issued its latest “Putting Lancashire First” commitments tracker to include figures up to 31st March 2018. The latest report reveals that during the first quarter of 2018 spend in the Lancashire economy by Cuadrilla and its suppliers now stands at some £8.6 million. During the first three months of this …

CUADRILLA COMPLETES UK’S FIRST SHALE GAS HORIZONTAL WELL

Cuadrilla is very pleased to announce that it has successfully completed drilling the UK’s first ever horizontal shale gas well at its exploration site at Preston New Road in Lancashire. This first horizontal well, drilled through the Lower Bowland shale at a depth of approximately 2,700 metres below ground, extends laterally for some 800 metres …