{"id":1414580,"date":"2022-04-01T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414580"},"modified":"2022-04-01T09:30:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:30:03","slug":"uk-fracking-sites-saved-from-being-concreted-over-for-one-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-fracking-sites-saved-from-being-concreted-over-for-one-year\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Fracking Sites Saved from Being Concreted Over&#8230; For One Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-fracking-sites-saved-from-being-concreted-over-for-one-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414580&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">British regulators have announced that the two remaining fracking sites in the country will not have to be covered in concrete and will be permitted to continue conducting research at the wells for the next year.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the energy crisis in Europe, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said that the fracking firm Cuadrilla will have until the end of June of next year to continue operations at the Preston New Road and Elswick sites, the regulator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nstauthority.co.uk\/news-publications\/news\/2022\/nsta-withdraws-requirement-to-decommission-three-cuadrilla-wells\/\">announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The two wells were previously ordered to be covered with concrete and shut by June of this year after the government announced a ban on fracking in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, amid increasing concern over Britain\u2019s energy security in light of soaring energy prices and the failure of green alternatives to supplant the need for fossil fuels, the decision was made to not shut down the possibility of Britain turning on the fracking taps again.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the decision does not mean that fracking can resume immediately, but merely that Cuadrilla can continue to evaluate the potential reserves of natural gas at the sites.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The move was hailed by the Net Zero scrutiny group of Conservative MPs, who have called for the fracking moratorium to be lifted entirely.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the group, Craig Mackinlay MP, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmackinlay\/status\/1509510007850774531\">wrote<\/a> on social media: \u201cAt a time of energy insecurity, high prices [and the] Ukraine Russia war all possible avenues for domestic energy should be maintained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe govt\u2019s new energy strategy must consider lifting the moratorium on Shale Gas and give the industry a level playing field compared to other industrial processes that we take for granted \u2013 geothermal energy, mining, building, trains. The 0.5 seismicity limit is unjustifiable,\u201d Mackinlay <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmackinlay\/status\/1509512807011737606\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Green Fail: Fracking Must Resume on a \u2018War Effort\u2019 Level, Urge UK Lawmakers<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5d5F60I3zf\">https:\/\/t.co\/5d5F60I3zf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1498598926068248577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, in November of 2019, the government used a \u201cdisturbance\u201d of a 2.9 magnitude tremor to justify the decision to shut down the Preston New Road site earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nstauthority.co.uk\/media\/6127\/final-reports-wp2-2.pdf\">report<\/a> published by the Oil and Gas Authority found that concerns over the tremor may have been overblown, saying that the 50 buildings which were affected experienced either\u00a0\u201cno structural damage\u201d or \u201cslight structural damage\u201dsuch as plaster damage or hairline cracks in walls.<\/p>\n<p>Other tremors detected at the site, hitting 1.1 and 1.5 on the Richter scale, were said to be \u201cas almost imperceptible and well below the level of vibration that people experience going about everyday activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>One potential reason for the panic surrounding the 2.9 tremor, the OGA said, was the way in which government collects seismic data, which relies heavily on self-reporting from the public and therefore can be easily skewed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is noted, however, that these \u2018did-you-feel-it?\u2019 reports are self-submitted online,\u201d and therefore not easily verified, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the findings and the invasion of Ukraine, the Net Zero Scrutiny group said last month that the government should resume fracking on a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/28\/green-fail-fracking-must-resume-on-a-war-effort-level-urge-uk-lawmakers\/\">war effort level<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, the CEO of Cuadrilla \u2014 the nation\u2019s only fracking firm \u2014 Francis Egan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-lancashire-60741400\">said<\/a> that fracking will be key for any plans of energy security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we are serious about energy security, as a very basic first step we must not concrete-up these wells.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we need urgently to lift the shale gas moratorium and use these and additional wells to produce domestic shale gas.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive \u2013 China and Russia Laughing at Boris Johnson\u2019s \u2018Net-Stupid\u2019 Green Agenda: Richard Tice <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NiDLVOqynk\">https:\/\/t.co\/NiDLVOqynk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1459948494383243272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British regulators have announced that the two remaining fracking sites in the country will not have to be covered in concrete and will be permitted to continue conducting research 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