Drilling rig owned by UK fracking firm Cuadrilla 'seriously vandalised'
by Adam Vaughan from on (#2W46C)
Derbyshire police say rig was damaged at storage yard in move seemingly intended to slow embryonic shale industry
A drilling rig owned by one of the UK's most prominent fracking firms has been seriously vandalised, in a move seemingly intended to slow down the country's embryonic shale industry.
Derbyshire police said that between 18 and 24 May, a person illegally entered a facility near Chesterfield run by PR Marriott, Britain's largest onshore deep drilling company, which stores and maintains the rig on behalf of shale gas firm Cuadrilla.