Fracking lobbying map

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Meet the Frackers

For an overview of UK fracking firms and their lobbyists mentioned below watch our 'Meet the Frackers' Spinwatch lobbying tour video on Youtube, released January 2017.

Fracking firms

Celtique Energy | Centrica | Cuadrilla | Ineos | Igas Energy | Oil and Gas UK | Tamboran Resources | Third Energy

Oil and gas industry shareholders and backers

Centrica | China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd (CNOOC) | Total |

Lobbying agencies

• Bell Pottinger Public Affairs
• Burson-Marsteller
• Edelman
• Hanover Communications
• Hill and Knowlton Strategies
• Lexington Communications
• MHP Communications
• Portland PR
• PPS/Newgate Communications
• Weber Shandwick
• Westbourne Communications

Government departments

• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy since July 2016 (formerly Department for Energy and Climate Change)
• Defra

Parliamentary groups

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Shale Gas Regulation and Planning
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas

Think Tanks

• Centre for Policy Studies
• Institute of Directors

Consultancy firms

• Ernst & Young
• Deloitte
• KPMG
• PricewaterhouseCoopers

Financial backers

• Barclays - Third Energy
• HSBC - bankers to Cuadrilla
• Macquarie Bank

Trade associations and business lobby groups

• Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
• Chemical Industries Association - has produced factsheets and videos
• Energy UK
• United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) - takes a leading role on promoting shale
• Royal Academy of Engineering

Unions

• GMB
• Unite