UK REGULATOR WITHDRAWS NOTICE TO PLUG SHALE GAS WELLS AT PRESTON NEW ROAD (PNR) LANCASHIRE SITE

Cuadrilla Resources Limited (“Cuadrilla”) has been formally advised by the UK Regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (“NSTA”), that the NSTA is withdrawing the notice it had previously issued requiring Cuadrilla to plug and abandon the two shale gas exploration wells drilled at the PNR site.  The two wells will instead be temporarily plugged and …

Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla Resources, re concreting up Britain’s only shale gas wells

Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla Resources, said: “Cuadrilla has spent several months putting plans and contracts in place in order to plug and abandon our two Lancashire shale gas wells. This follows a notice given to us by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) that both wells must be plugged with cement by the end …

Cuadrilla – “delay in engaging with us effectively trumps what’s said in the House of Commons”

Further to the Business Secretary saying in the Commons on 9 March that “it did not necessarily make any sense to concrete over the wells” at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire, Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla Resources, said: “The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has set us a deadline of 30th June for …

Cuadrilla, re reports No.10 wants to reverse concreting of shale gas wells

Further to press reports that No.10 wants to reverse the decision to concrete up Britain’s shale gas wells, Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla Resources, said: “We note with interest the reports that the Prime Minister wants ministers to step in to stop the UK’s only two viable shale gas wells being filled with concrete in …