The scientists and engineers of tomorrow have been out to impress the judges in a bid to win their school a share of a £2,000 prize fund. Teams from eight Fylde coast secondary schools showed off their science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) knowledge at Blackpool and the Fylde College. They were vying for the …
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Cuadrilla is very pleased to announce it has been offered a further 16 exploration licences, as part of the second release of the UK Government’s 14th Round. These onshore oil and gas exploration licences, stretch across the Cleveland Basin in East Yorkshire and Gainsborough Trough in South Yorkshire. The licences are in addition to two …
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Cuadrilla’s New Lancashire HQ to Be Located at Bamber Bridge Cuadrilla is pleased to confirm that its new headquarters will be based at Bamber Bridge, South-East of the city of Preston. The company will be moving employees to the new office in early 2016. North and Western Lancashire Chamber CEO Babs Murphy said: “Local businesses …
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Cuadrilla is pleased to confirm that it is to relocate its head office to Lancashire at the start of 2016. The British company’s new headquarters will position its management and operational team within its shale gas exploration licence area in Lancashire. Cuadrilla currently has its head office in Lichfield, Staffordshire, where the company was founded …
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“We welcome the decision by Lancashire County Council’s Planning Officers to recommend to the Council’s Development Control Committee the approval of planning consent for our application for our Grange Hill site. Planning permission was originally granted for the site in 2010, and the well was safely drilled to its target depth of 10,700ft in 2011. …
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The Environment Agency has today announced that it has granted Cuadrilla all of the environmental permits required to carry out operations safely at its proposed shale gas exploration site at Roseacre Wood. Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla, responding to today’s announcement, said: “We are pleased that the Environment Agency has granted our permits for our …
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We recognise the careful consideration that Lancashire County Council has given and its subsequent agreement to our request to defer the determination of our planning applications for shale gas exploration at Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood. The additional information we have provided on further mitigation measures will, we believe, fully address the noise and …
Lessening any potential impact of our proposed operations on local residents is important to us. We have therefore written to the Chair of Lancashire County Council’s Development Control Committee (DCC), regarding our planning applications for shale gas exploration at Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood, outlining additional information regarding further mitigation measures on noise and …
A Cuadrilla spokesperson said: “We are very disappointed that Lancashire County Council’s Planning Officers have recommended that the Council’s Development Control Committee refuse planning consent for both our applications. Officers have recommended refusal at Preston New Road only on grounds of night-time noise and at Roseacre Wood on noise and traffic concerns. We note that the …
The Environmental Agency has today (January 16) announced it has granted Cuadrilla the environmental permits for its proposed shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road. Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla, responding to today’s announcement said: “We are delighted that the Environment Agency has granted our permits for our proposed exploration site at Preston New Road. This is an …
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