Fracking has been hailed as having the potential to create new jobs by unlocking millions of tons of shale gas lying underneath Lancashire. A map showing areas where fracking could take place has ...

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 ...

The extent of shale gas drilling about to begin in England and Wales despite safety and environmental fears is revealed on a new map. Our graphic ... was being treated in Lancashire as “near ...

Anti-fracking campaigners say they will be back at the barricades if the ban on shale gas extraction in Lancashire is lifted ... of the Earth has published a map showing the areas of the country ...

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 ...

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. Shale is a form of natural ...

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.

Lancashire councillors complained that their ... to expensive legal action from Cuadrilla, the firm behind the shale gas proposal. Cllr Hayhurst said: “The fact is that members of the committee ...

The first natural gas flow has been produced at the earthquake-hit fracking site in Lancashire ... Drilling for shale gas is still at an exploratory phase. A fracking protester is hurled to ...

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Frackers yesterday welcomed planning officers’ backing of Cuadrilla’s shale gas proposal at a site in Lancashire, saying it shows that communities are starting to warm to the controversial ...

Image caption, 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 24 February 2014 ...