Monthly archives: October 2019

Leading onshore shale gas exploration operator Cuadrilla today announced results from laboratory testing of the natural gas flowing to surface from its second horizontal well, drilled through the shale rock some 7,500 feet beneath its flagship site in Preston New Road (PNR) Lancashire. Testing of the flow rate of natural gas from the PNR2 well …

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Today the Environment Agency has varied the permit for Cuadrilla’s operations at Preston New Road to include the use of nitrogen as we carry out the well test.  Using nitrogen to assist in initiating well production is a standard process in the oil and gas industry.  Cuadrilla has undertaken a detailed Best Available Techniques (BAT) …

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