Fracking firm says first horizontal well at Lancashire is complete
by Josh Halliday North of England correspondent from on (#3KT1D)
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The first large-scale fracking in Britain has moved a step closer after an energy firm said it had completed drilling the UK's first horizontal well at a site in Lancashire.
Cuadrilla said the development was a "major milestone" towards the first shale gas exploration in the UK since 2011, when work was halted after it triggered a minor earthquake. The company said it hoped to begin fracking at its site on Preston New Road, near Blackpool, in the summer, pending government approval.
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