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Fracking opposition continues in south
Cuadrilla's drilling rig in place on the site at Singleton.
Campaigners have vowed to continue their fight against a shale gas drilling company set to expand its operations in the south.
Until now Cuadrilla Resources has only been operational in Lancashire, with three sites on the Fylde coast in Weeton, Singleton and Westby, and a fourth site in Southport.
Cuadrilla has stressed it remains “fully engaged” in Lancashire, but it has now been granted permission by West Sussex Council to conduct exploratory drilling in Balcombe, near Haywards Heath.
Fracking – the process of pumping water deep underground to fracture rock and release gas - is currently suspended on the Fylde after a series of earthquakes, and the company has no plans, or approval, to frack in the south at present.
But that hasn’t stopped anger growing among residents in Sussex.
The process of fracking appears to be causing concern in those communities close to where operations have been planned,
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Vanessa Vine, who started Facebook group No Fracking in Sussex, said: “If we don’t collectively learn from the irreversible havoc that hydraulic fracturing has already wrought elsewhere, then this suicidal, ecocidal insanity is heading for everybody’s doorstep.
“By Cuadrilla’s own admission, its technology has caused earthquakes in Lancashire.”
The growing anger in Sussex comes as Cuadrilla Resources has applied for more time to drill on its site at Grange Road, Singleton.
The company has applied to Lancashire County Council for permission to remain on the site until July 2013, an additional 18 months.
A Cuadrilla spokesman said the application had been made because of the delays caused by the suspension of the fracking process.
The spokesman said: “Normally you would drill and then a few months later you do your fracking and then you leave. Obviously we had the slight interregnum around the fracking process.”
Consultation on the plans ends next week.
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Luke Ashley
Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 09:21 PMBritish Anti-Fracking Network https:www.facebook.compagesBritish-Anti-Fracking-Network128187040595728
Aloysius
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 09:34 AMThe real frustration of all this Fracking business is that politicians and their pimps - Cuadrilla - are not understanding the words "democracy" and "consultation". Both of these words imply a 2 way process whereby we - ordinary citizens - play some part in the exchange of ideas and information and arrive at outcomes which are acceptable or otherwise. In the case of this whole Fracking movement - initiated without our knowledge or consent several years back - the term "democracy" has never appeared and "consultation" means Cuadrilla have arrived in town and are just plain telling us all a little of what they have long ago agreed to do - with our government's full connivance of course. If true consultation were evr to raise it's ugly head - Cuadrilla would all fall off their perches !!
reaf
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 09:13 AMhttp:www.rsc.orgchemistryworldNews2011November15111102.asp "However, gas producers trialing the method, which uses propane instead of water to break up the rock, are not revealing results data" More industry cover ups of the facts. And of course fracking still completely evades and distracts us from the problem: fossil fuels are running out. Looking harder does nothing to address this. The time will come and we better have some darn good answers. Isn't is about time that we stopped this nonsense and invest money in clean renewable and sustainable energy sources that are going to last more than 5-20 years???
Nawar A
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 06:37 PMThe solution for fraccing pollution is waterless fraccing; Gasfrac has done over a 1000 fracs with gelled propane; you don’t need any water; you don’t produce any waste fluids (no need for injection wells); no need to flare (no CO2 emissions); truck traffic is cut to a trickle from 900+ trips per well for water fraccing to 30 with propane fracs; and on top of that the process increases oil and gas production; it is a win for the industry, a win for the community and a win for the environment.
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