Fracking green light: Cuadrilla gets go ahead to drill at UK's first onshore shale gas well

Michael Holder
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After independent financial resilience assessment, Cuadrilla granted fracking permit by energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry

Cuadrilla has been given the green light to begin fracking the UK's first onshore horizontal shale gas well near Blackpool, after securing a clean bill of financial health from the government's independent...

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