UK shale sector seeks revival
Sentiment towards fracking remains lukewarm
Cuadrilla Resources, Ineos and Third Energy are among the firms hoping to start hydraulic fracturing in the coming months. They've weathered protests and litigation over the potential environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing and drilling infrastructure since 2011. Earth tremors that year prompted the cessation of drilling by Cuadrilla Resources at a site in Lancashire, northwest England. Since then, no hydraulic fracturing has taken place in the UK. But that could be about to change—if only in England and Wales, with a moratorium on fracking in Scotland, imposed in 2015, still in place. Legal claims aimed at overturning a government decision to allow Cuadrilla to use fracking at its Pres
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