DRILLING company Cuadrilla will not be revising the estimate of shale gas in Lancashire upwards. A geologist with the company had told the Shale UK conference, in London, that there could be ...

News; UK News; Fracking; Fracking map shows extent of shale gas drilling about to begin despite safety and environmental fears Britain is rich in shale gas reserves and David Cameron told MPs just ...

Map showing shale gas deposits, drilling licences and drill locations in the North West. Inset image: Area of the Fylde in Lancashire showing the Cuadrilla sites The British Geological Survey ...

Fracking: Decision on Lancashire shale gas site postponed amid an extraordinary legal row. Councillors said their decision had been constrained by 'secret' legal advice. Tom Bawden.

Anti-fracking campaigners say they will be back at the barricades if the ban on shale gas extraction in Lancashire is lifted by new Prime Minister Liz Truss. News you can trust since 1886 Sign In ...

A NEW government map yesterday confirmed that East Lancashire could see ‘fracking’ for shale gas. The guide, showing that two-thirds of England could see the process, caused green campaigners ...

Britain’s first drilling campaign for shale gas has beaten expectations, with the company responsible estimating 5,660bn cubic metres lie beneath the county of Lancashire in north-west England.

A huge shale gas find underground in Lancashire could create 1,700 local jobs - but opponents fear it could undermine Britain's burgeoning renewable energy industry.

Map showing shale gas deposits, drilling licences and drill locations in the North West. Inset image: Area of the Fylde in Lancashire showing the Cuadrilla sites. By Matt McGrath.

One mile beneath this part of Lancashire is enough cheap-as-Blackpool-chips gas to provide Britain's needs for decades to come. If we made use of it, there would be no need to ship it in from ...

A guide to shale gas, the drill licences and the potential for 'fracking' in the north west of England.