Cuadrilla has today received final hydraulic fracturing consent from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for its first horizontal shale gas exploration well at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire. All other relevant planning and permits required were already secured. The company is now in the process of preparing to apply …
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CUADRILLA STATEMENT ON BREACHES OF HIGH COURT INJUNCTION AT ITS PRESTON NEW ROAD SITE
Cuadrilla can confirm that it plans to take legal action against six individuals who have unlawfully blocked the entrance of the company’s shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road (PNR), Lancashire, clearly breaching the terms of a High Court Injunction issued earlier this month. The company continues to respect the right to peaceful and …
CUADRILLA COMPLETES UK’S SECOND SHALE GAS HORIZONTAL WELL
Cuadrilla has successfully completed drilling the UK’s second horizontal shale gas well at its exploration site at Preston New Road in Lancashire. This second horizontal well, drilled through the Upper Bowland shale at an approximate depth of 2,100m below the surface, extends laterally for some 750 metres through the shale gas reservoir. The first horizontal …
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CUADRILLA HIGH COURT INJUNCTION FOR SHALE GAS SITE AT PRESTON NEW ROAD, LANCASHIRE EXTENDED
At the High Court in Manchester today (11th July 2018), Judge Pelling QC has awarded Cuadrilla and local farmers an extension until 1 June 2020 of the current interim injunction covering its shale gas exploration operations at Preston New Road (PNR), Lancashire. The injunction forbids trespass on the company’s PNR shale gas exploration site and …
CUADRILLA STATEMENT ON GREEN PARTY CO-LEADER PROTEST VISIT
Cuadrilla is aware that the co-leader of the Green Party, Jonathan Bartley, has taken part in a peaceful protest outside the Preston New Road site today (14 June) as part of a week-long protest by his party in Lancashire. Responding to the claims made by Mr Bartley in a Green Party statement issued yesterday, Francis …
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CUADRILLA STATEMENT ON PLANNED PROTEST BY RECLAIM THE POWER
Cuadrilla is aware that South of England based activist group Reclaim the Power have announced they plan to front “a fortnight of action disrupting companies across the UK supplying services and materials to the fracking industry”. This campaign is due to start today (11th June). This is apparently to focus on Lancashire in particular. We …
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CUADRILLA AWARDED HIGH COURT INJUNCTION
At the High Court in Manchester today (1st June 2018), Judge Pelling QC awarded Cuadrilla and local farmers an interim injunction covering its shale gas exploration operations at Preston New Road (PNR), Lancashire. This interim injunction replaces an existing injunction forbidding trespass on the company’s PNR shale gas exploration site and surrounding farmland. In addition …
CUADRILLA APPLIES FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CONSENT
Cuadrilla has submitted an application to the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for the consent to hydraulically fracture the UK’s first ever horizontal shale gas well which was completed in April 2018 at its Preston New Road exploration site, Lancashire. The company has all the other necessary permits …
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CUADRILLA APPLIES FOR HIGH COURT INJUNCTION
Cuadrilla, along with local farmers, has today filed papers to the High Court, in preparation for a hearing on 31st May 2018, for an injunction covering its shale gas exploration operations at Preston New Road, Lancashire. The proposed injunction would replace and extend the duration of an existing injunction forbidding trespass on the company’s Preston …
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CUADRILLA WELCOMES GOVERNMENT’S WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON SHALE GAS
Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla, said: “We very much welcome the Government’s announcement today highlighting the national importance that shale gas development has in delivering a safe and secure energy source, whilst meeting the country’s Climate Change obligations. We are pleased it is also recognised, as we ourselves are proving in Lancashire, that shale gas can …
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