We aren’t fracking in North Yorkshire | Letter
William Holland responds to a letter that said that his company, Europa Oil & Gas, was submitting an application for fracking operationsAlan Robertshaw claims Europa Oil & Gas is lodging an application to undertake “fracking” operations on the outskirts of Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Letters, 23 February). This is misleading. Europa intends to perform a proppant squeeze operation to appraise the potential of the Cloughton gas field to determine if gas can be extracted at commercial rates. If successful, the gas field would be developed, subject to regulatory approval, and would displace imported high-emission liquefied natural gas.Fracking is defined as high-volume hydraulic fracturing to extract shale gas. Proppant squeeze operations are not fracking, and have been successfully deployed for many decades in the UK. The planned proppant squeeze is a regulated activity and will not induce earthquakes, pollute the water table, damage the heritage coast or affect local property prices, and will only increase HGV traffic by 1% during the operation. Continue reading...
William Holland responds to a letter that said that his company, Europa Oil & Gas, was submitting an application for fracking operations
Alan Robertshaw claims Europa Oil & Gas is lodging an application to undertake “fracking” operations on the outskirts of Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Letters, 23 February). This is misleading. Europa intends to perform a proppant squeeze operation to appraise the potential of the Cloughton gas field to determine if gas can be extracted at commercial rates. If successful, the gas field would be developed, subject to regulatory approval, and would displace imported high-emission liquefied natural gas.
Fracking is defined as high-volume hydraulic fracturing to extract shale gas. Proppant squeeze operations are not fracking, and have been successfully deployed for many decades in the UK. The planned proppant squeeze is a regulated activity and will not induce earthquakes, pollute the water table, damage the heritage coast or affect local property prices, and will only increase HGV traffic by 1% during the operation. Continue reading...
