Star Energy Group Ltd

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Star Energy Group Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UK oil and gas firm IGas Energy, which bought the company in 2011.

In April 2016 IGas announced it had acquired and was conducting seismic tests on two new sites at Bridge Trafford in Cheshire. The sites were reportedly located near the epicentre of an 18th-century earthquake that was one of the most powerful in the UK. IGas had not consulted with locals on its plans for the sites at the time of its announcement. Concern led to the setting up of the Bridge Trafford Community Protection Camp page.

Directors

• Stephen Bowler IGas chief executive, has been a director since 2011.
• Julian Tedder IGas chief financial officer

Subsidiaries

Includes:

• Star Energy Weald Basin Ltd, based at the Holybourne.
• Star Energy (East Midlands) Ltd, based at the Welton Gathering Centre and operates the fields of Welton, Stainton, Nettleham, Cold Hanworth, Scampton, Scampton North, and Eskdale.
• Star Energy Oil and Gas Ltd, based near Gainsborough, and operates various fields

Affiliations

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas member until group ceased activities.

David Holmes, Anti-fracking campaigners contemplate new protest camp at Bridge Trafford, Cheshire Post, 1 April 2016

Ruth Hayhurst, Cheshire Farmer: We’re under siege from two new IGas sites, Drill or Drop, 2 April 2016