This week will see the start of our Geophysical Survey in the Fylde. The survey, which builds on a similar study carried out about 30 years ago in the area, will map the subsurface geology (the rock) greatly improving our knowledge of the area’s geology – and the knowledge of the British Geological Survey, who will received …
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Cuadrilla donates to Weeton Village Hall fund
Cuadrilla Resources was delighted to donate £2,000 to the Weeton Village Hall fund on Thursday 15th March. The money will be used to furnish and decorate the new village hall which the Parish Council hopes will be built in the next couple of years. After handing over the cheque, Cuadrilla’s Chief Executive Mark Miller said: …
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A week of Public Information Days
t has been a busy fortnight for Cuadrilla. We have been out and about in the local community meeting hundreds of people from across the Fylde. Some of you will have attended one – or more – of our recent Public Information Day events held across the borough. Thank you for taking the time to …
Welcome to our new website!
That you’re reading this post means that you have visited our new website. I hope you like the work we’ve put in to making our site as useful as possible. We chose to completely redesign our website because we recognise that a well-designed site, which provides plenty of information in an accessible way, can be …
Statement on Balcombe well site
Media Statement 5 December 2011 Balcombe well site Cuadrilla Resources operates the Balcombe well site within its West Sussex licence area held by its investment partner AJ Lucas. This existing well was drilled by Conoco in Autumn 1986 and was plugged and abandoned after the evaluation. Cuadrilla has planning permission from West Sussex County Council …
Statement on protestors at Hesketh Bank site
Media Statement 1st December 2011 Protesters at Hesketh Bank site Cuadrilla Resources can confirm that three environmental activists from Bristol have illegally entered the Banks drilling site and attached themselves to equipment. The company was successful in preventing a further five protesters from reaching the equipment. Local Police are on site, and are negotiating with …
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Statement on Hesketh Bank site
Cuadrilla understands that there are five protestors on site, four of whom are attached to the machinery. The Police are present on site and we are working with them to bring the protest to a peaceful end. Our priority is the safety of both the protestors and our own staff on site. Throughout our time …
Press Release Geomechanical Study
Findings of report on seismic events published Cuadrilla Resources, the British company exploring for natural shale gas in the Bowland Basin in Lancashire, has today released the findings of the report that was commissioned following unusual seismic activity near Poulton-le-Fylde in April and May 2011. Cuadrilla announced in September a gas-in-place figure of more than …
Geomechanical Study of Bowland Shale Seismicity
To read the Geomechanical Study of Bowland Shale Seismicity report, click here.
Geomechanical Study Appendix 5
The Mechanism of Induced Seismicity Download PDF