A micro seismic event of 0.76ML (local magnitude) was detected just after 11.30am this morning at Cuadrilla’s shale gas exploration site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire. Cuadrilla was hydraulically fracturing the shale rock adjacent to a horizontal well at the time and the seismicity is classed as a red event in line with …
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CUADRILLA STATEMENT ON 0.3ML AMBER EVENT
A micro seismic event of 0.3ML (local magnitude) was detected just after 4pm this afternoon at Cuadrilla’s shale gas exploration site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire, which will be classed as an amber event in line with the traffic light monitoring system regulated by the Oil and Gas Authority. It is anticipated that …
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TO GO AHEAD AT SHALE GAS EXPLORATION SITE IN LANCASHIRE
Cuadrilla confirms that it plans to go ahead tomorrow (13 October) with the start of hydraulic fracturing operations at its Preston New Road shale gas exploration site in Lancashire. At the High Court in London today (12 October) Mr Justice Supperstone dismissed a last minute request for an interim injunction to prevent this from happening, …
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CUADRILLA GRANTED HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CONSENT FOR SECOND HORIZONTAL SHALE GAS WELL
Cuadrilla has today received hydraulic fracturing consent from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for its second horizontal shale exploration well at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire. Consent was granted for the first horizontal well in July this year. Planning and permits required for both wells are already secured. Francis …
CUADRILLA SUBMITS APPLICATION FOR FINAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CONSENT FOR ITS SECOND HORIZONTAL WELL AT LANCASHIRE SHALE GAS EXPLORATION SITE
Cuadrilla has today (3 August 2018) submitted an application to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for consent to conduct hydraulic fracturing operations in its second horizontal shale gas exploration well at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire. Consent to conduct hydraulic fracturing operations in the first horizontal exploration well on …
CUADRILLA’S INVESTMENT INTO LANCASHIRE TOPS £10M
Cuadrilla has today (25 July) issued its latest “Putting Lancashire First” commitments tracker to include figures up to 30 June 2018. The new figures show that to date over £10m has been invested into the local Lancashire economy by Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas exploration operations. During the second quarter of 2018, Cuadrilla’s direct …
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CUADRILLA GRANTED FINAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CONSENT FOR FIRST HORIZONTAL SHALE GAS WELL
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 …
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 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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