Blackpool Shale Gas drilling suspended after quake
31 May 2011
Shale gas test drilling in Lancashire has been suspended following an earthquake on the Fylde coast.
Cuadrilla, the firm behind the tests, said drilling had been suspended as a precaution after the 1.5 magnitude tremor – the second in two months.
It will now examine the data collected by the British Geological Survey (BGS) before deciding whether to resume.
A tremor centred on Poulton-le-Fylde on 1 April shared a “similar location and mechanism”, the BSG said.