Last updated: 23:21 A spokesperson for Cuadrilla confirmed a micro-seismic event was detected at the shale exploration site in Preston New Road, near Blackpool, just before 10.20pm. The event measured 1.0ML on the Richter scale and had very limited ground motion associated with it. She said: “Cuadrilla was not hydraulically fracturing at the time and …
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A spokesperson for Cuadrilla today confirmed micro seismicity had been detected at 11.01pm (Saturday 24th) by the highly sophisticated monitoring system in place at the shale gas exploration site in Preston New Road, near Blackpool, Lancashire. She added: “We can confirm that a micro seismic event measuring 2.1ML (local magnitude) on the Richter scale occured …
A spokesman for Cuadrilla confirmed that micro seismicity had been detected at 8.46pm by the highly sophisticated monitoring system in place at the shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, near Blackpool, Lancashire. He added: “We can confirm that a micro seismic event measuring 1.55ML (local magnitude) on the Richter scale occurred after …
Shale gas exploration company Cuadrilla has now pumped £16million directly into the Lancashire economy as it works to establish a new industry in the North West. Cuadrilla, which is based in Bamber Bridge but operates its flagship fracking site from Preston New Road, near Blackpool, revealed its latest spend as part of a longstanding corporate …
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The UK’S leading onshore shale gas exploration operator Cuadrilla today dismissed claims diminishing the potential of the Bowland Shale and said: “Wait for our results!” The operator, which resumed fracturing at the UK’s only operational shale exploration site in Preston New Road, Lancashire, last week, was responding to information published by Nottingham University today (Tuesday, …
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Leading onshore shale gas exploration operator Cuadrilla today confirmed it has resumed hydraulic fracturing operations at its flagship Lancashire site in Preston New Road. The company announced that it would return to operations last month and has secured all the required permits and permissions to fracture up to 45 stages on its second horizontal well …
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CUADRILLA SEEKS VARIATION ON PLANNING CONDITION AT PRESTON NEW ROAD LEADING shale gas exploration operator Cuadrilla will seek a minor variation under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to one of the conditions of its planning permission at its flagship Lancashire fracking site in Preston New Road. The company, based in …
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CUADRILLA CALLS FOR UK GAS IMPORTS TO REACH NET ZERO BY 2050 Cuadrilla CEO Francis Egan today tackled Jeremy Corbyn’s demand to ban fracking and called on the Labour Party to abandon its support for importing gas and exporting UK jobs and support instead a plan to eliminate gas imports into the UK by 2050. …
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Leading onshore shale gas exploration operator Cuadrilla has today successfully remobilised hydraulic fracturing equipment to its flagship Lancashire site in Preston New Road. The company opted for an early morning convoy delivery in line with existing planning permission, designed to minimise disruption to everyone using Preston New Road. Laura Hughes, Projects and Operations Director at …
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Leading onshore shale exploration operator Cuadrilla today confirmed that it will return to hydraulic fracturing and flow testing of natural gas at its flagship Lancashire site in Preston New Road, near Blackpool. The company, which is based just outside Preston, will remobilise hydraulic fracturing and testing equipment in the third quarter of 2019 and, subject …
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