Article 4JYH8 Cuadrilla to restart fracking at site in Lancashire

Cuadrilla to restart fracking at site in Lancashire

by
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
from Environment | The Guardian on (#4JYH8)

Drilling at Preston New Road is last-ditch effort to convince regulators to relax safety rules

The first company to drill for shale gas in the UK plans to restart fracking at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire in a last-ditch effort to convince policymakers to relax safety rules.

Cuadrilla will drill a second well near Blackpool after it was forced to abandon the first, which caused multiple earth tremors.

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