Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Seismicity
by Refracktion · Published November 3, 2019
Here on Refracktion we are always happy to explore points of view. Local author Alan Tootill has been a commentator on fracking for many years and his in depth analysis has been immensely helpful to many of us over the years. Here he offers his thoughts on recent events. Reaction...
Earthquakes / Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published November 3, 2019
As the dust starts to settle on the announcement of the government’s decision to implement a moratorium on new fracking development we take a look at what it means and how it came about. First of all let’s be clear about one thing. Fracking in England has not been banned....
The papers today are running a story about Cuadrilla’s good will payments made to home owners who reported damage after the 2.9 Ml quake of Monday August 26th 2019. This article in the Times is typical so we shall comment on a few of the points it raises. A fracking...
Earthquakes / Preston New Road / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published September 30, 2019 · Last modified April 1, 2022
.. and she is already singing. Today Cuadrilla announced that they are demobilising the fracking equipment at their site at Preston New Road as they will not be able to restart fracking before their existing planning permission runs out at the end of November 2019. Before they can frack again...
Earthquakes / Political Issues / Preston New Road / Property Damage / Public Opinion / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published September 2, 2019
It is no news to anybody now that Cuadrilla appear to have lost control of the seismic activity at their PNR 2 well at Preston New Road. We have now seen 128 seismic events registered by the BGS. Of these 9 have been amber level events and 9 have been...
Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published March 12, 2019
Yesterday UKOOG (The UK Onshore Operators’ Group) released a new report called “Updated shale gas production scenarios“. A scenario is literally “that which is pinned to the scenery” and it looks to us as though the scenery here is pretty shoddy. First of all let’s be clear about what the...
So this week has been quite eventful after the deceptive peace of January, where all we could see happening was a bit of patio gas helping the “flaring” at Preston New Road. The week began with a blustering threat from Ineos to the government in which multi-billionaire man-child, Jim Ratcliffe...
Today’s saw the publication of the results of the BEIS Wave 27 quarterly opinion tracker. Some of you will remember that after a consultation in which respondents told the BEIS that the questions relating to shale gas were very important, the department immediately removed the questions from the next poll...
Earthquakes / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published November 6, 2018
A local resident puts the Oil and Gas Authority to the question. Will answers be forthcoming? Oil and Gas Authority Cc Mark Menzies MP 4 November 2018 Dear Sir/Madam Following the recorded seismic events near Blackpool in 2011, Cuadrilla commissioned a report into the seismicity of Bowland Shale. In the...
Earthquakes / Industry Tactics / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Regulation / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published October 30, 2018
In the circumstances that Cuadrilla find themselves unable to proceed without continually triggering seismic red lights the only sensible course of action is a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the Fylde and indeed in the entire country. Go on! Tell me it came as a big surprise to...
“They are lifting the ban, but they cannot supply the evidence, and the British Geological Survey report published today certainly does not do it. So in the absence of the evidence, his approach is to change the safety limits.
I look forward to him and his colleagues explaining his charter for earthquakes to the people of Lancashire, Yorkshire, the midlands, Sussex, Dorset and, indeed, Somerset who will be part of his dangerous experiment. Let me tell the Conservatives that we will hang this broken promise round their necks in every part of the country between now and the next general election."
Parliament 22 September 2022
"Additional UK production won’t materially affect the wholesale market price. This includes fracking – UK producers won’t sell shale gas to UK consumers below the market price. They’re not charities."
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