“Cuadrilla can confirm it has been granted all necessary Environment Agency permits required for the company to hydraulically fracture at its site at Preston New Road, Lancashire. The company is moving ahead to apply to the Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for the final consent to fracture the first shale horizontal well, which …
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NEARLY £9M FLOWS INTO LANCASHIRE’S ECONOMY FROM CUADRILLA’S SHALE GAS EXPLORATION
Cuadrilla has today (30 April) issued its latest “Putting Lancashire First” commitments tracker to include figures up to 31st March 2018. The latest report reveals that during the first quarter of 2018 spend in the Lancashire economy by Cuadrilla and its suppliers now stands at some £8.6 million. During the first three months of this …
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CUADRILLA COMPLETES UK’S FIRST SHALE GAS HORIZONTAL WELL
Cuadrilla is very pleased to announce that it has successfully completed drilling the UK’s first ever horizontal shale gas well at its exploration site at Preston New Road in Lancashire. This first horizontal well, drilled through the Lower Bowland shale at a depth of approximately 2,700 metres below ground, extends laterally for some 800 metres …
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CUADRILLA DRIVES NEARLY £7M INTO LANCASHIRE ECONOMY
Cuadrilla has today (30 January) issued its latest “Putting Lancashire First” commitments tracker to include figures up to 31st December 2017. The latest report reveals that during the last quarter of 2017 spend in the Lancashire economy from Cuadrilla’s shale gas exploration operations has increased by over £2 million to a total of £6.8 million. …
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ANGUS ENERGY AGREES TO ACQUIRE 25% OF THE BALCOMBE LICENCE (PEDL244)
Cuadrilla Balcombe Limited and Lucas Bolney Limited are pleased to announce a new joint venture partnership with Angus Energy Plc, an oil and gas exploration, production and development company. Angus Energy will join the existing Cuadrilla / Lucas partnership through the acquisition of a 25.0% interest in UK onshore licence PEDL244 which includes the entire …
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CUADRILLA WELCOMES COURT OF APPEAL DISMISSAL
Cuadrilla welcomes the Court of Appeal verdict handed down by Lord Justice Simon, Lord Justice Lindblom and Lord Justice Henderson today (12th January 2018) which dismisses the two claims made against the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid’s, decision to grant planning consent for its shale gas exploration site at Preston …
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CUADRILLA COMPLETES SHALE ROCK SAMPLING AT ITS LANCASHIRE EXPLORATION SITE
Cuadrilla is pleased to announce that it has completed drilling a vertical pilot well to a depth of over 2.7 km through both the Upper and Lower Bowland shale rock intervals at its shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, Lancashire. The company has recovered some 375 feet of core samples taken across three …
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CUADRILLA COMPLETES COMMUNITY PAYMENTS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS
Cuadrilla is pleased to confirm it has completed all community payments to local residents living near its shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, Lancashire. In total, 85% of those local residents entitled to a share of the £100,000 community payment for the second exploration well applied. Cuadrilla will make the money from unclaimed …
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CUADRILLA STATEMENT ON WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL’S PLANNING COMMITTEE DECISION
“We are delighted that West Sussex County Council’s Planning Committee has unanimously approved our planning application to flow test and monitor the existing exploration well at our site at Lower Stumble, Balcombe. This covers the same scope of work as the previous planning permission granted in 2014. The well requires no hydraulic fracturing because the …
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CUADRILLA TO FOCUS ON UK INDUSTRY FIRST IN LIVE STREAM TOUR
Cuadrilla is to host its third public webcast tour and live stream Q&A session at its Preston New Road (PNR) shale gas exploration site. Following the success of the previous tours in October and November, the latest edition of PNR Live will have a special focus on horizontal drilling into shale – which will be …
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