Blackpool Gazette: Fylde to remain frack focus
The Fylde coast will remain the focus of fracking development in the UK, despite a whole new raft of licences being released by the Government, a gas exploration company said.
Cuadrilla Resources, which is aiming to drill exploration wells at Roseacre Wood and Preston New Road on the Fylde, said it welcomed the new licences but said its Lancashire business was where the important developments were taking place.
Bidding for the newest licences to extract shale gas by fracking is beginning with about half the UK open to exploration – but national parks would have some protection.