Celtique Energy - Revision history

Melissa Jones at 03:03, 12 July 2019

2019-07-12T03:03:05Z

Melissa Jones: /* Affiliations */

2019-07-01T15:01:08Z

Affiliations

Melissa Jones: /* West Sussex county council refusal for drilling at Kirdford and Wisborough Green */

2019-06-25T09:06:40Z

West Sussex county council refusal for drilling at Kirdford and Wisborough Green

Melissa Jones: /* Appeals West Sussex county council refusal for drilling at Kirdford and Wisborough Green */

2019-06-25T09:05:49Z

Appeals West Sussex county council refusal for drilling at Kirdford and Wisborough Green

Melissa Jones: /* Proposals to drill in national parks */

2019-06-25T09:05:02Z

Proposals to drill in national parks

Melissa Jones: /* Proposals to drill in national parks */

2019-06-25T09:04:45Z

Proposals to drill in national parks

Melissa Jones at 09:04, 25 June 2019

2019-06-25T09:04:21Z

Melissa Jones at 08:59, 25 June 2019

2019-06-25T08:59:08Z

Melissa Jones at 08:52, 25 June 2019

2019-06-25T08:52:23Z

Riccardo Boscherini: /* Exploration licences */

2017-01-27T11:39:22Z

Exploration licences

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	The PEDL 234 block has since been bought from Celtique and [[Magellan]] for £3.5m by [[UK Oil and Gas Investments]], one of the companies behind the Horse Hill oil well near Gatwick.		The PEDL 234 block has since been bought from Celtique and [[Magellan]] for £3.5m by [[UK Oil and Gas Investments]], one of the companies behind the Horse Hill oil well near Gatwick.
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		+	==Policing at its sites==
		+	Sussex Police was one of the first forces to associate protest against oil and gas as a public threat when it identified Celtique's Broadford Bridge exploratory drilling operation ‘as a site for potential “domestic extremism”’ in early 2013 according to council documents published by Netpol. <ref> Melissa Jones and Russell Scott, [http://spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/climate/item/6006-why-are-counter-terrorism-police-still-spying-on-the-anti-fracking-movement Why are counter terrorism police still spying on the anti-fracking movement?], Spinwatch, 9 September 2018 </ref>

	==Financial backers==		==Financial backers==

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 ==Affiliations==
-*[[All Party Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas]] - managed by major lobbying firms [[Edelman]] and more recently [[Hill and Knowlton Strategies]]
+*[[All Party Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas]] - now defunct APPG managed by major lobbying firms [[Edelman]] and then [[Hill and Knowlton Strategies]]
 ==Details==

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 Celtique's press release stated that it would:
-:lodge an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate, an executive agency of the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], which will appoint an independent planning inspector to review WSCC’s decision. The inspector will then either make a ruling on the appeal or make a recommendation to the Secretary of State.
+:lodge an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate, an executive agency of the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], which will appoint an independent planning inspector to review WSCC’s decision. The inspector will then either make a ruling on the appeal or make a recommendation to the Secretary of State.<ref> [http://www.celtiqueenergie.com/article.php?id=56 Energy company appeals planning refusal for exploration well in South East of England], 15 October 2015 </ref>
 However on 11 March 2015, Celtique announced it had decided to withdraw the appeal against the WSCC's decision, 'primarily due to the impact of the Inquiry delay' on future exploration. The licence term of PEDL 234 was due to expire in June 2016. <ref> Celtique Energy, [http://www.celtiqueenergie.com/article.php?id=57 Press release: Update on Sussex Weald planning appeals], press release 11 March 2015, accessed 24 March 2015 </ref>
-The PEDL 234 block has since been bought from Celtique and Magellan for £3.5m by [[UK Oil and Gas Investments]], one of the companies behind the Horse Hill oil well near Gatwick.
+The PEDL 234 block has since been bought from Celtique and [[Magellan]] for £3.5m by [[UK Oil and Gas Investments]], one of the companies behind the Horse Hill oil well near Gatwick.
 ==Financial backers==

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 :We recognise the importance of the South Downs National Park to the local community in terms of culture, heritage and economic contribution to the region, and reiterate that minerals can only be worked from where they naturally occur. The exploration well is a temporary structure that would have a modest impact on the local area during its relatively short period of operation but would conclude on behalf of DECC whether oil or gas reserves exist in this location that could contribute to the UK’s energy mix.
-==Appeals West Sussex county council refusal for drilling at Kirdford and Wisborough Green==
+==West Sussex county council refusal for drilling at Kirdford and Wisborough Green==
 In October 2014 [[Celtique Energie Weald]] Ltd and its joint investment partner [[Magellan Petroleum]] (UK) Ltd confirmed it would appeal the decision by [[West Sussex County Council]] (WSCC) to refuse planning permission for a temporary exploration well near the villages of Kirdford and Wisborough Green. The firm argued that the council's 'reasons for rejecting the application are fundamentally unsound'.

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 ==Proposals to drill in national parks==
-[File:Celtique Energy.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Celtique's former London offices, 76-78 Charlotte Street]] Celtique planned to drill for oil and shale gas in the UK's South Downs National Park, among other areas.
+[[File:Celtique Energy.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Celtique's former London offices, 76-78 Charlotte Street]] Celtique planned to drill for oil and shale gas in the UK's South Downs National Park, among other areas.
 However in September 2014 the [[South Downs National Park Authority]] (SDNPA) recommended refusal of Celtique's application for a three-year temporary permission to drill at Nine Acre Copse, Fernhurst, situated within the national park, because it was 'not in the public interest' and the firm had failed to show 'exceptional circumstances' for drilling in the park. <ref> Celtique's application was reviewed by the planning committee on 11 September. [http://www.southdowns.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/486686/Agenda-Item-4-Nine-Acre-Copse-Fernhurst.pdf Report by Director of Planning Local Authority South Downs National Park Authority (West Sussex)], dated accessed 3 September 2013 </ref>

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-[[File:Celtique Energy.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Celtique's London offices, 76-78 Charlotte Street]]
+{{‪Template:Fracking badge‬}}'''Celtique Energie''' was a privately owned, British-based company with subsidiaries and operations across five European countries involved in the exploration of oil and unconventional gas in the UK, Poland, France, Switzerland and Germany.
 ==Proposals to drill in national parks==
-Celtique planned to drill for oil and shale gas in the UK's South Downs National Park, among other areas.
+[File:Celtique Energy.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Celtique's former London offices, 76-78 Charlotte Street]]Celtique planned to drill for oil and shale gas in the UK's South Downs National Park, among other areas.
 However in September 2014 the [[South Downs National Park Authority]] (SDNPA) recommended refusal of Celtique's application for a three-year temporary permission to drill at Nine Acre Copse, Fernhurst, situated within the national park, because it was 'not in the public interest' and the firm had failed to show 'exceptional circumstances' for drilling in the park. <ref> Celtique's application was reviewed by the planning committee on 11 September. [http://www.southdowns.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/486686/Agenda-Item-4-Nine-Acre-Copse-Fernhurst.pdf Report by Director of Planning Local Authority South Downs National Park Authority (West Sussex)], dated accessed 3 September 2013 </ref>
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 <ref> [http://www.celtiqueenergie.com/article.php?id=56 Energy company appeals planning refusal for exploration well in South East of England], 15 October 2015 </ref>
-However on 11 March 2015 Celtique announced it had decided to withdraw the appeal against the WSCC's decision, 'primarily due to the impact of the Inquiry delay' on future exploration. The licence term of PEDL 234 was due to expire in June 2016. <ref> Celtique Energy, [http://www.celtiqueenergie.com/article.php?id=57 Press release: Update on Sussex Weald planning appeals], press release 11 March 2015, accessed 24 March 2015 </ref>
+However on 11 March 2015, Celtique announced it had decided to withdraw the appeal against the WSCC's decision, 'primarily due to the impact of the Inquiry delay' on future exploration. The licence term of PEDL 234 was due to expire in June 2016. <ref> Celtique Energy, [http://www.celtiqueenergie.com/article.php?id=57 Press release: Update on Sussex Weald planning appeals], press release 11 March 2015, accessed 24 March 2015 </ref>
 The PEDL 234 block has since been bought from Celtique and Magellan for £3.5m by [[UK Oil and Gas Investments]], one of the companies behind the Horse Hill oil well near Gatwick.
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 Celtique's initial seed funding 'was provided by UK investors and management and this was supplemented in 2006 by significant capital provided by a USA private equity house, [[Avista Capital Partners]] (www.avistacap.com).
-The shareholding as of September 2014 was majority owned by Avista. [[Calmar]] LP also committed a significant investment in 2011, and other investors include the management team and the original British seed investors. <ref> Celtique, [http://www.celtiqueenergie.com/celtique.php?p=9 Our partners], undated, acc 4 September 2014 </ref>
+The shareholding in September 2014 was majority owned by Avista. [[Calmar]] LP also committed a significant investment in 2011, and other investors include the management team and the original British seed investors. <ref> Celtique, [http://www.celtiqueenergie.com/celtique.php?p=9 Our partners], undated, acc 4 September 2014 </ref>
 ==Exploration licences==
 Celtique originally held 16 licences in five countries across Europe. Eleven were operated by Celtique, the others by partner companies, which include [[Egdon]] (operator of joint licences in the East Midlands), [[Union Jack]], [[Corfe]], [[Terrain]] and [[Magellan]].

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 ==Exploration licences==
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-Celtique holds 16 licences in five countries across Europe.  Eleven are operated by Celtique, the others by partner companies, which include [[Egdon]] (operator of joint licences in the East Midlands), [[Union Jack]], [[Corfe]], [[Terrain]] and [[Magellan]].
+Celtique originally held 16 licences in five countries across Europe.  Eleven were operated by Celtique, the others by partner companies, which include [[Egdon]] (operator of joint licences in the East Midlands), [[Union Jack]], [[Corfe]], [[Terrain]] and [[Magellan]].
-In the UK, Celtique operates in Cheshire and Southern England. A PEDL (Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence) granted by the [[Department of Environment and Climate Change]] (DECC) to explore PEDL area 231, a square shaped area covering approximately 400sq kilometres in the ‘Central Weald Basin’ includes the proposed South Downs national park.
+In the UK, Celtique previously operated in Cheshire and Southern England. A PEDL (Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence) granted by the [[Department of Environment and Climate Change]] (DECC) to explore PEDL area 231, a square shaped area covering approximately 400sq kilometres in the ‘Central Weald Basin’ includes the proposed South Downs national park.
 ==People==

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	==Exploration licences==		==Exploration licences==
		+	{{‪Template:Fracking badge‬}}
	Celtique holds 16 licences in five countries across Europe. Eleven are operated by Celtique, the others by partner companies, which include [[Egdon]] (operator of joint licences in the East Midlands), [[Union Jack]], [[Corfe]], [[Terrain]] and [[Magellan]].		Celtique holds 16 licences in five countries across Europe. Eleven are operated by Celtique, the others by partner companies, which include [[Egdon]] (operator of joint licences in the East Midlands), [[Union Jack]], [[Corfe]], [[Terrain]] and [[Magellan]].