The Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has ordered Britain’s only two horizontal shale wells, operated by Cuadrilla, to be plugged and abandoned. Cuadrilla’s parent company AJ Lucas today announced that Cuadrilla will permanently seal the two shale gas wells drilled at the Preston New Road (PNR) Lancashire shale exploration site, despite concerns about the impact …
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OGA Preston New Road 2 Seismicity Studies
Cuadrilla Resources welcomes the publication today by the OGA of four detailed technical reports analysing various aspects of seismicity induced during the hydraulic fracturing of the Preston New Road 2 well, along with an OGA summary of those four technical studies. The studies were commissioned in March 2020 some four months after a moratorium on …
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PNR Environment Agency Permits
On Thursday 10th December 2020, the BBC published an inaccurate story, without comment from Cuadrilla, stating that “The UK’s only fracking firm Cuadrilla has relinquished its permission to test drill in Lancashire.” The facts are that we surrendered these licences more than 6 months ago and the Environment Agency are only registering that now. As …
AJ Lucas to acquire Riverstone’s interest in Cuadrilla
Lancashire-based shale gas exploration company Cuadrilla Resources confirms that the AJ Lucas Group Limited (AJL) and Cuadrilla Boards have approved the acquisition by AJL of all of Riverstone’s shareholding interest in Cuadrilla. Following this acquisition, AJL’s holding in Cuadrilla will increase from its current level of 47.6% to approximately 93%, with the remainder of the …
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Cuadrilla statement on the Court of Appeal ruling – Monday 27th January 2020
The Court of Appeal have today dismissed the appeal of three environmental activists found in contempt of court for carrying out direct action protests in breach of an order made in the High Court in June 2018. Cuadrilla’s position on this case and such protests remains unchanged. We have no objection to peaceful, law-abiding protest …
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Cuadrilla statement on Elswick planning application
Cuadrilla Elswick Limited has confirmed a planning application has been submitted to Lancashire County Council (9 January 2020) in relation to its Elswick site. This is an existing and longstanding site with a single producing gas well. The application is to retain and extend the producing life of this well, allowing for continued use of …
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