Difference between revisions of "Cuadrilla Resources"
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| + | *Fiona Harvey, [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php?title=Cuadrilla_Resources&action=edit Lord Browne promises to invest 'whatever it takes' in UK fracking], guardian.co.uk, 12 March 2013 15.00 GMT | ||
*Terry McCallister, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/05/cuadrilla-fracking-expansion?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Cuadrilla announces major fracking expansion in UK], ''The Guardian'', Friday 5 July 2013 18.14 BST | *Terry McCallister, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/05/cuadrilla-fracking-expansion?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Cuadrilla announces major fracking expansion in UK], ''The Guardian'', Friday 5 July 2013 18.14 BST | ||
*Robin McKie, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/07/fracking-shale-gas-energy-lancashire Will fracking in Lancashire's green hills solve Britain's energy crisis?], ''The Observer'', Sunday 7 July 2013 | *Robin McKie, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/07/fracking-shale-gas-energy-lancashire Will fracking in Lancashire's green hills solve Britain's energy crisis?], ''The Observer'', Sunday 7 July 2013 | ||
Revision as of 12:03, 25 July 2013
Cuadrilla Resources is a UK energy company based in Staffordshire. Set up in 2007 and backed by British Gas, it has been described as "the pioneer of fracking in the UK". In July 2013 it announced it was applying for planning consent to start fracking on sites in the Fylde area of Lancashire. [1]
Activities
Cuadrilla is a UK-registered company privately owned by its management team and two investors, the Australian drilling and engineering company AJ Lucas and Riverstone LLC.
It has "some 70 staff in the UK both directly employed and through contractors, mostly based at the well sites. The main contracting partner in the UK is PR Marriott Drilling Ltd based in Chesterfield, which has over 60 years of drilling experience in Britain".
People
Management team
- Francis Egan - chief executive
- Tony Carruthers
- Matt Lambert
- Andrew Quarles Van Ufford
- Andrew Price
- Eric Vaughan
- Leon Jennings
Board
- John Browne -Cuadrilla chairman, and managing partner of Riverstone Holdings, the venture capital firm that backs it
Website
Website: http://www.cuadrillaresources.com/
Resources
- Fiona Harvey, Lord Browne promises to invest 'whatever it takes' in UK fracking, guardian.co.uk, 12 March 2013 15.00 GMT
- Terry McCallister, Cuadrilla announces major fracking expansion in UK, The Guardian, Friday 5 July 2013 18.14 BST
- Robin McKie, Will fracking in Lancashire's green hills solve Britain's energy crisis?, The Observer, Sunday 7 July 2013
Notes
- ↑ *Terry McCallister, Cuadrilla announces major fracking expansion in UK, The Guardian, Friday 5 July 2013 18.14 BST
