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Anatomy of a U-turn: How fracking was halted in the UK, and what happens next
Anatomy of a U-turn: How fracking was halted in the UK, and what happens next

Was it climate fears, widespread opposition, earthquakes or incompetent PR which eventually sounded the death knell for shale gas?

  • Policy
  • 05 November 2019
Fracking regulator requests 'extensive' data on tremors at suspended Cuadrilla site
Fracking regulator requests 'extensive' data on tremors at suspended Cuadrilla site

Shale gas operations remain paused at Lancashire site after largest seismic tremor to date was recorded last week

  • Energy
  • 03 September 2019
Fracking forced to a halt after largest tremor yet at Cuadrilla site
Fracking forced to a halt after largest tremor yet at Cuadrilla site

A 1.55 magnitude tremor stops work at Preston New Road, just days after operations resumed following a seven-month hiatus

  • Energy
  • 22 August 2019
Government opens door to rethink on fracking earthquake limits
Government opens door to rethink on fracking earthquake limits

As fracking resumes in Lancashire, mixed messages emerge from government as it tones down the pro-shale gas rhetoric but hints at a review of crucial tremor rules

  • Policy
  • 15 August 2019
Claire Perry rejects Cuadrilla calls to relax fracking tremor rules
Claire Perry rejects Cuadrilla calls to relax fracking tremor rules

November letter from Energy and Clean Growth Minister to Cuadrilla boss reasserts that existing traffic light system is 'fit for purpose'

  • Energy
  • 14 January 2019
High Court rules fracking can go ahead
High Court rules fracking can go ahead

BREAKING: Fracking for shale gas can proceed in the UK for the first time since 2011 as campaigner loses legal appeal

  • Legislation
  • 12 October 2018
Labour is divided over its proposed fracking ban - Cuadrilla chief
Labour is divided over its proposed fracking ban - Cuadrilla chief

Accusation comes only weeks before the UK's first fracking in seven years

  • Infrastructure
  • 18 September 2018
Fracking green light: Cuadrilla gets go ahead to drill at UK's first onshore shale gas well
Fracking green light: Cuadrilla gets go ahead to drill at UK's first onshore shale gas well

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

  • Energy
  • 24 July 2018
Shale gas planning fails: Is the UK going cold on fracking?
Shale gas planning fails: Is the UK going cold on fracking?

Amid recent planning rejections for gas testing in England and questions over fracking firms' financial stability, green campaigners believe the tide is turning in their favour

  • Energy
  • 30 January 2018
Fracking firm Cuadrilla given oil and gas go-ahead in West Sussex
Fracking firm Cuadrilla given oil and gas go-ahead in West Sussex

County council grants temporary permission to fracking firm Cuadrilla for shale gas exploration in Balcombe, despite thousands of objections from local residents

  • Energy
  • 09 January 2018
Fracking to begin in earnest in 2018 after tough year for industry
Fracking to begin in earnest in 2018 after tough year for industry

Firms leading UK push for shale gas say 'we will see results next year' after 12 months of opposition, protests and a ban in Scotland

  • Energy
  • 27 December 2017
Lancashire planners reject Cuadrilla fracking project

BREAKING: Planning committee rejects Roseacre Wood application over traffic increase fears

  • Infrastructure
  • 25 June 2015
Geothermal firm looks to recycle fracking wells

Cuadrilla and Geothermal Engineering design project to tap renewable heat from disused oil and gas wells

  • Energy
  • 30 March 2015
Cuadrilla's Lancashire fracking plans edge forward

Preston New Road plans validated by local council, as Egdon secures approval to acquire new licence areas

  • Energy
  • 12 June 2014
Cuadrilla prepares next wave of fracking planning applications

Controversial company confirms it will submit applications to drill four exploration wells in Lancashire in the coming weeks

  • Energy
  • 20 May 2014
Cuadrilla gets green light for oil test at Balcombe

Shale gas explorer gets approval from county council to test oil flow rates at site that saw anti-fracking protests

  • Energy
  • 30 April 2014
Cuadrilla confirms plans for two fracking sites in Lancashire

Planning applications set to be submitted for exploration wells at Roseacre and Little Plumpton, scaling back original plans for seven fracking sites

  • Energy
  • 04 February 2014
Cuadrilla sees growing support for Blackpool fracking

New survey comes as Green MP Caroline Lucas accuses government of becoming "flag-waver-in-chief" for the fracking industry

  • Risk
  • 17 October 2013
Greenpeace protestors 'frack' Lancashire council offices

Campaigners set up mock-drilling rig outside Preston chambers in bid to persuade councillors to reject further shale gas operations

  • Energy
  • 04 September 2013
Fracking firm Cuadrilla to submit new Balcombe drilling application

Greenpeace says renewed application offers local authority the chance to revisit its decision to approve exploration in the area

  • Energy
  • 04 September 2013
Caroline Lucas arrested at Cuadrilla fracking protests

Green Party MP among 25 protestors forcibly removed from protest camp in Balcombe today

  • Energy
  • 19 August 2013
Cuadrilla signals it is 'unlikely' to pursue Balcombe oil

BBC reports suggest company is more likely to focus development on areas with better transport links

  • Energy
  • 14 August 2013
Cuadrilla starts drilling amid fracking protest storm

Planning controversies, ministerial warnings of further protests and signs of Lib Dem opposition to shale gas combine in a nightmare weekend for fracking industry

  • Policy
  • 05 August 2013
Cuadrilla reveals plan to expand Lancashire shale gas drilling

Company announces it intends to apply for planning consent for up to six new shale gas exploration wells

  • Energy
  • 08 July 2013
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