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| − | {{Template:Fracking badge}}[[Cluff Natural Resources]] plc is an AIM-listed | + | {{Template:Fracking badge}}[[Cluff Natural Resources]] plc is an AIM-listed investment company founded by natural resources entrepreneur [[Algy Cluff]]. It is primarily focused on North Sea exploration and appraisal. |
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
| − | Cluff was ' | + | ===Underground coal gasification=== |
| + | In 2013 Cluff Natural Resources (CNR) was awarded two new licenses covering offshore deep Underground coal gasification (UCG) prospects at North Cumbria, north-west England, and Largo Bay, off Fife, Scotland, by the UK's Coal Authority. It already held three other three licenses, off Kincardine, near Sterling, Scotland, in the Loughor Estuary, Wales, and the Dee Estuary, west coast of England. | ||
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| + | Underground coal gasification involves injecting oxygen and steam underground to release gas from coal seams. It is a highly polluting process. | ||
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| + | According to CNR's website, it was 'focused on unlocking the energy potential in the UK via the proven Deep Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) process which involves targeting stranded coal and converting it into syngas. The company is awaiting planning and environmental permits for eight Deep UCG licences, it is intended that the licences will be developed to production'. | ||
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| + | The company's plans to build the UK's first deep offshore UGC plant at Kincardine in Fife, Scotland were halted after the UK government refused to support the technology. A UK government-commissioned review by consultants [[Atkins]] in December 2016 said UCG extracted gas used in power stations would be 40-100% dirtier in terms of CO2 emissions than burning gas from the North Sea and imports. <ref> Adam Vaughan, [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/08/underground-coal-gasification-uk-gas-coal Underground coal gasification will not go ahead in UK], ''The Guardian'', 8 December 2016 </ref> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
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| + | *[[Graham Swindells]], CEO since 1 March 2018 (replacing Algy Cluff), former finance director, previously at [[Ernst & Young]] (2009-12) and [[Arbuthnot Securities]] (2000-2007) | ||
| + | *[[Mark Lappin]] - non-executive chairman since 1 May 2019, after retiring earlier in the year from [[Cuadrilla]]. | ||
*[[William De La Warr]], non-executive director | *[[William De La Warr]], non-executive director | ||
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===Former employees=== | ===Former employees=== | ||
| − | *[[Katy Eustice]] | + | *[[Katy Eustice]] was CNR's press and PR manager (2013). She is the wife of former Conservative Defra junior ministor and ex-lobbyist [[George Eustice]]. |
[[Category:Fracking]] | [[Category:Fracking]] | ||
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Cluff Natural Resources plc is an AIM-listed investment company founded by natural resources entrepreneur Algy Cluff. It is primarily focused on North Sea exploration and appraisal.
Activities
Underground coal gasification
In 2013 Cluff Natural Resources (CNR) was awarded two new licenses covering offshore deep Underground coal gasification (UCG) prospects at North Cumbria, north-west England, and Largo Bay, off Fife, Scotland, by the UK's Coal Authority. It already held three other three licenses, off Kincardine, near Sterling, Scotland, in the Loughor Estuary, Wales, and the Dee Estuary, west coast of England.
Underground coal gasification involves injecting oxygen and steam underground to release gas from coal seams. It is a highly polluting process.
According to CNR's website, it was 'focused on unlocking the energy potential in the UK via the proven Deep Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) process which involves targeting stranded coal and converting it into syngas. The company is awaiting planning and environmental permits for eight Deep UCG licences, it is intended that the licences will be developed to production'.
The company's plans to build the UK's first deep offshore UGC plant at Kincardine in Fife, Scotland were halted after the UK government refused to support the technology. A UK government-commissioned review by consultants Atkins in December 2016 said UCG extracted gas used in power stations would be 40-100% dirtier in terms of CO2 emissions than burning gas from the North Sea and imports. [1]
People
- Graham Swindells, CEO since 1 March 2018 (replacing Algy Cluff), former finance director, previously at Ernst & Young (2009-12) and Arbuthnot Securities (2000-2007)
- Mark Lappin - non-executive chairman since 1 May 2019, after retiring earlier in the year from Cuadrilla.
- William De La Warr, non-executive director
Former employees
- Katy Eustice was CNR's press and PR manager (2013). She is the wife of former Conservative Defra junior ministor and ex-lobbyist George Eustice.
