Yearly Archive: 2012

Refracktion quoted in the Southport / Ormskirk Champion

Refracktion quoted in the Southport / Ormskirk Champion

It’s good to see that Refracktion are already being listened to in the news! Mixed reaction to Cuadrilla fracking survey results by David Simister http://www.champnews.com/newsstory.aspx?story=3033027 MORE residents support controversial ‘fracking’ operations being carried out near Banks than oppose it – according to a survey commissioned by the firm carrying them...

Ignorance certainly is NOT bliss

Ignorance certainly is NOT bliss

Following a vote in the European Parliament this week Euro MPs did not vote to support a moratorium on shale gas development. Given the “quality of the debate” we have to say that this was perhaps not particularly surprising. In this clip you can hear two highly paid people (who...

Why Cuadrilla acting responsibly is cause for concern

Why Cuadrilla acting responsibly is cause for concern

On 16th November Cuadrilla announced that they had made a decision to re-spud their well on Anna’s Road, Westby. [DECC defines a well to be a borehole drilled into the earth from a single surface or subsurface location to a single subsurface location. If the surface location changes but target...

Cuadrilla survey shows that the majority of local people do not support fracking

Cuadrilla survey shows that the majority of local people do not support fracking

Cuadrilla Resources recently commissioned BritainThinks to conduct 1,000 telephone interviews with people living in three council areas – Blackpool, Fylde and West Lancashire. The stated purpose of the survey was to understand peoples’ attitudes about shale gas, together with their beliefs about the potential benefits and risks associated with the...