24-08-2019, 12:31 PM
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Re: drilling in UK stopped because of earth tremor
Originally Posted by Ray Cathode
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Though curiously the Scottish "Government" has just extended Ineos' fracking licencehttps://theferret.scot/pedl-162-ineo...cence-renewed/
24-08-2019, 12:37 PM
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Re: drilling in UK stopped because of earth tremor
Originally Posted by tarantula
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It was such a minor earth tremor, I doubt it will stop the work for very long.
24-08-2019, 12:40 PM
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Re: drilling in UK stopped because of earth tremor
Originally Posted by Ray Cathode
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Not quite banned though, is it. Perhaps they have a problem with banning it as the oil companies have been fracking wells in the North Sea for decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrau...United_Kingdom
24-08-2019, 12:55 PM
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Re: drilling in UK stopped because of earth tremor
Should fracking Bowland Shale continue, this is the area that will be affected:
At the moment, National Parks are protected but private property is not - frackers are permitted to drill under private property:
Government allows deep-energy drilling under private property
3 December 2014
24-08-2019, 12:59 PM
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Re: drilling in UK stopped because of earth tremor
Originally Posted by Ray Cathode
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Though curiously the Scottish "Government" has just extended Ineos' fracking licencehttps://theferret.scot/pedl-162-ineo...cence-renewed/
https://app.croneri.co.uk/feature-ar...ivate-property
He wants to kick-start the stalled UK shale gas industry and stimulate a bonanza by giving away billions of pounds of revenues to communities and landowners affected by fracking activity.
His aim is to give 6% of any revenues from oil and gas wells to landowners (4%) and local communities (2%) in return for their reasonable support and co-operation. The offer is estimated to be worth some £2.5 billion and is much larger than the 1% offered by other companies.
24-08-2019, 04:11 PM
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There are risks and eventual costs to fracking and drilling - no doubt about it. Disaster is inevitable; it's just a question of when and how bad the damage will be - and how much we are willing to accept.We were unable to surf, swim, or walk the beach for almost two years after the BP oil spill here on the gulf coast of Florida. Worse, the effects on the local wildlife was damning and sickening. Everyone with hands worked tirelessly to do what they could in the recovery effort:
Before
After/during the spill. The shoreline looked like this for TWO YEARS:
One of hundreds of thousands injured or killed:
25-08-2019, 11:43 AM
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Re: drilling in UK stopped because of earth tremor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-49446266The "micro seismic event" measured 1.03 in magnitude and happened just after 16:20 BST on Thursday.
25-08-2019, 12:15 PM
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Re: drilling in UK stopped because of earth tremor
Another tremor has been reported at the site this morning. This one had a magnitude of 2.1 to a depth of 2 miles.https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/even-b...g-site-beatin/
25-08-2019, 12:40 PM
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Re: drilling in UK stopped because of earth tremor
Originally Posted by Judd
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Another tremor has been reported at the site this morning. This one had a magnitude of 2.1 to a depth of 2 miles.https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/even-b...g-site-beatin/
The company said the tremor, detected at 11.01pm, lasted for about one second and occurred when no fracking was taking place.
A spokeswoman for the company said: "Minor ground movements of this level are to be expected."
Under UK rules, work must be suspended for 18 hours if seismic activity with a magnitude exceeding 0.5 is detected.
According to the British Geological Survey, the tremor was 1.2 miles deep and was felt by residents in areas including Great Plumpton, Blackpool and Lytham St Annes.
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