Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. said natural gas flowed back from the UK’s first horizontal unconventional gas well in the Bowland Shale, noting initial results were “highly encouraging,” despite regulatory constraints on the amount of sand used in fracturing.
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Cuadrilla Given UK’s First Approval to Frack Wells
Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. said Tuesday it has been granted the first consent by the UK government to perform hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for an onshore horizontal natural gas well, with operations to begin by September.
July 24, 2018
UK Official Overrules Local Council, Approves First-Ever Shale Drilling Plans
The government of the United Kingdom has overruled a local council in northwest England and will allow Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. to drill four unconventional wells, marking the first time hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has been approved in the UK.
October 6, 2016
UK Official to Announce Recommendation on Shale Drilling by July 4
The government of the United Kingdom will decide an appeal by Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. over whether to allow hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at two sites in northwest England prospective to the Bowland-Hodder Shale.
April 4, 2016
UK Shale Development Dealt Blow After Cuadrilla Rejections
The future of shale development in the United Kingdom suffered a serious setback last month after a government panel in northwest England denied Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. permission to drill up to eight test wells at two separate locations in the Borough of Fylde.
July 6, 2015
UK Shale Development Dealt Blow After Cuadrilla Rejections
The future of shale development in the United Kingdom suffered a serious setback last month after a government panel in northwest England denied Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. permission to drill up to eight test wells at two separate locations in the Borough of Fylde.
July 6, 2015
Cuadrilla to Submit Plans For Up to Four Test Wells in UK
Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. plans to submit an application to drill and perform hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at up to four test wells in northwest England’s Lancashire County, in the Borough of Fylde, and hopes to have a decision within 16 weeks of its application being accepted, the company said Monday.
May 20, 2014
Cuadrilla Identifies Two New Drilling Sites in UK
Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. plans to apply for local permission to drill eight test wells at two new sites in northwest England’s Lancashire County, but it will not seek permission to conduct hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at an existing test well there, the company said Tuesday.
February 7, 2014
UK Demonstrators Target Conventional Well for Anti-Fracking Protest
Anti-fracking activists in the United Kingdom last week scored something of a win, forcing Staffordshire, England-based Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. to scale back conventional drilling operations in West Sussex on the advice of police worried about “direct action” by protesters who began a three-day demonstration last Sunday.
August 20, 2013
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