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 …
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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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CUADRILLA STATEMENT ON FOE CHALLENGE AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY’S PERMIT FOR PRESTON NEW ROAD SITE
“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 …
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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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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