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*[[Task Force on Shale Gas]] - publishes final report, concluding that 'shale gas can be produced safely and usefully in the UK', and that there is 'no more risk to the public from fracking than other comparable industries'. This echoes industry and UK government's position.
 
  
 
==2016==
 
==2016==

Revision as of 20:06, 15 September 2016


2011

2012

2013

2014

October

2015

January

  • 21: Lancashire County Council planners recommend rejection of Cuadrilla fracking application.[1]
  • 26: MPs vote against amendments to the Infrastructure Bill proposing tougher regulations and a moratorium on fracking.[3]
  • 28: Lancashire County Council defer decision on Cuadrilla fracking application.[4]
  • 28: Scottish government announces moratorium on fracking planning permissions. [5]

February

  • 6: Cuadrilla receives environmental permits for fracking at Roseacre Wood, Lancashire. [6]
  • 9: House of Lords revises amendment to the Infrastructure Bill to remove fracking regulations. [7]. The revised amendment then passed in parliament on 12 February. [8]
  • 25: Lancashire County Council’s development control committee refuse permission to Cuadrilla for shale gas testing at Singleton in the Fylde.[9]

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

2016

January

  • 8: Senior INEOS executive, Tom Pickering says his company is focusing efforts in shale gas exploration away from Scotland, towards Cheshire and other areas of England. [10]
  • 12: Bailiffs evict an anti-fracking protest camp at the IGas Duttons Lane site near Chester. More than 175 officers from four police forces were involved, and nine arrests.[11]
  • 19: Nottinghamshire County Council approves IGas’s application for up to 12 groundwater monitoring boreholes at a proposed shale gas site to the north-east of Misson in Bassetlaw, despite 314 public objections against it. [13]
  • 31: A leaked government plan from July 2015, signed by three cabinet ministers, reveals proposals to take decisions for fracking wells away from local councils were tabled shortly after Lancashire County Council refused permission to Cuadrilla to frack wells in the Fylde.[14]

February

  • 5: IGas abandons plans to drill for coal bed methane at Upton near Chester, where a protest camp was previously evicted at the cost of £200,000 to Cheshire Police.[15]
  • 8: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire demands IGas pay the police to evict a protest camp from its exploratory gas site at Upton.[16]
  • 9: Inquiry begins on the planning appeals by Cuadrilla against Lancashire County Council’s refusal of applications to drill up to eight fracking wells, and seismic monitoring plans, across sites at Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood.[17]
  • 23: The Planning Inspectorate grants permission to Cuadrilla for site restoration and monitoring at the Grange Hill exploration site near Singleton in Lancashire, despite Lancashire County Council refusing permission in May 2015.[18]

March

  • 15: Ryedale District Council votes against Third Energy fracking near the village of Kirby Misperton, and recommends North Yorkshire County Council opposes fracking at the existing KM8 well.[19]
  • 16: Closing day of the public inquiry into Cuadrilla's appeal against Lancashire County Council to drill up to eight fracking wells and seismic monitoring plans, across sites at Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood. [20]
  • 23: Coastal Oil and Gas appeals its refused application for an exploratory test well at Hendre Farm, Llanharan.[21]
  • 24: IGas refuses to pay Cheshire police for the protest camp eviction in Upton. [22]
  • 26: Carl Sargeant, the Natural Resources Minister for Wales, extends a moratorium on unconventional gas and oil developments to underground coal gasification. [23]
  • 30: Surrey Council approves extending IGas oil and gas production sites near Bletchingley Central. [24]

April

  • 6: Regulations on fracking well depths come in to force. [25]

May

  • 5: INEOS sets out summer timetable for seismic surveying and monitoring across England.[28]
  • 23: North Yorkshire County Council approve Third Energy to at Kirby Misperton in Ryedale.[30]

June

  • 1: The Scottish Parliament votes for a ban on fracking.[32]
  • 6: Northern Ireland legislates for mandatory planning applications for unconventional oil and gas exploration sites.[33]

July

  • 8: The planning committee of Bassetlaw, north Nottinghamshire, reject an IGas application for an exploration well at Tinker Lane. [36]
  • 13: Surrey County Council approves IGas plans to convert a shale gas exploration site near Guildford to gas production.[37]

August

  • 2: Rathlin Energy receive environmental permit to frack at West Newton, East Yorkshire.[39]
  • 7: The Prime Minister proposes compensating people affected by fracking through direct payments.[40]

Notes

  1. Cuadrilla Lancashire fracking application 'should be refused', BBC News, 21 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  2. Environmental Audit Committee calls for halt to fracking, Parliament.uk, 26 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  3. Fracking moratorium rejected by MPs, BBC News, 26 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  4. Damian Carrington, Lancashire council defers Cuadrilla fracking decision, The Guardian, 28 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  5. Libby Brooks, Scotland announces moratorium on fracking for shale gas, The Guardian, 28 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  6. Cuadrilla News Environment Agency Grants Cuadrilla’s Environmental Permits For Roseacre Wood, Cuadrilla Resources, 6 February 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  7. The Infrastructure Bill returned to the House of Lords on Monday 9 February for consideration of Commons' changes, Parliament.uk, 10 February 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  8. Damian Carrington, Fracking will be allowed under national parks, UK decides, The Guardian, 12 February 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  9. Cuadrilla: Fracking firm seismic monitor plan refused, BBC News, 25 February 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  10. Ruth Hayhurst, INEOS interview: Company spotlight turns to English shale gas areas, Drill or Drop, 8 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  11. Damien Gayle, Anti-fracking protesters evicted from Cheshire camp, The Guardian, 12 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  12. Kevin Hollinrake, All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Unconventional Oil and Gas, Kevin Hollinrake's website, 18 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  13. Misson borehole drilling plan given the green light, Retford Times, 19 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  14. Christopher Hope, Ministers plot to foil anti-frackers, The Telegraph, 30 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  15. 'No commercial drilling' at Upton anti-fracking protest site, IGas says, BBC News, 5 February 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  16. David Holmes, 'Outraged' Cheshire police boss aims to recover £200K costs from energy firm, The Chester Chronicle, 8 February 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  17. Frances Perraudin, Lancashire council's fracking refusal was 'democracy in action', The Guardian, 9 February 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  18. Cuadrilla wins Lancashire monitoring site appeal, BBC News, 23 February 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  19. Ryedale District Council votes to oppose fracking at site in Kirby Misperton, ITV News, 15 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  20. [1], The Blackpool Gazette, 17 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  21. Appeals Casework Portal Reference: APP/L6940/A/16/3145869 GOV.uk, accessed 14 September 2016
  22. Energy firm IGas will not pay for Upton anti-fracking camp police operation, The Chester Standard, 24 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  23. Minister extends moratorium to underground coal gasification, GOV.wales, 25 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  24. Ruth Hayhurst, IGas gets go-ahead for 15 years of gas and oil production at Bletchingley, Surrey, Drill or Drop, 30 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  25. Guidance on fracking: developing shale oil and gas in the UK, GOV.uk, accessed 14 September 2016
  26. Government should accept recommendation on fifth carbon budget, Parliament.uk, 27 April 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  27. Adam Vaughan, UK support for fracking hits new low, The Guardian, 28 April 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  28. Greg Russell, Ineos claims media's 'scare stories' over fracking are distorting public's perceptions of the issue, The National, 5 May 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  29. Damian Carrington, Fracking investors losing patience with planning delays, says industry boss, The Guardian, 19 May 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  30. Landmark North Yorkshire fracking operation approved, BBC News, 23 May 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  31. UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC ("UKOG" or the "Company") Placing for Further Funding for Weald Basin Activities, accessed on 14 September 2016
  32. MSPs vote in favour of a fracking ban as SNP abstain, BBC News, 1 June 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  33. Woodburn oil well: Infrastructure minister 'to change planning process', BBC News, 6 June 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  34. UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC ("UKOG" or the "Company") Acquisition of 100% interest in 300 sq km Licence in Weald Kimmeridge Limestone Oil Province , London Stock Exchange, 13 June 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  35. Exploitation of onshore petroleum requires three key tests to be met, CCC says, Committee on Climate Change, 7 July 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  36. Bassetlaw Planners Make Seismic Decision, Frack Free Tinker Lane, July 8 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  37. Surrey County Council Agenda and minutes, GOV.uk, 13 July 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  38. Ian Johnston, Climate change department closed by Theresa May in 'plain stupid' and 'deeply worrying' move, The Independent, 14 July 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  39. HU11 4LP, Rathlin Energy UK Limited: environmental permit issued, GOV.uk, 2 August 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  40. Daniel Boffey, Local people to get cash payments from fracking, The Guardian, 7 August 2016, 14 September 2016