Cuadrilla's drilling so far suggests there could be 200 trillion cubic feet (tcf, 5.5 trillion cubic metres) of shale gas beneath its 347 square mile concession in Bowland in Lancashire.

Lancashire County Council (LCC) refused permission to extract shale gas at both sites last year on the grounds of noise and traffic impact, but Cuadrilla appealed. In response to the decision ...

In the UK, October 2016 also saw a decision by Lancashire County Council to reject the planning application for a horizontal drilling test site for shale gas exploration because of concerns over noise ...