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VIDEO: Anti-fracking protests halt drilling
2013-08-16 01:59:22| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Energy company Cuadrilla is scaling back its exploratory oil drilling operation near Balcombe in West Sussex on police advice.
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United Kingdom: Balcombe oil drilling stops in anticipation of weekend protest
2013-08-16 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cuadrilla has halted its oil-drilling operations in West Sussex in anticipation of an influx of anti-fracking protesters at the site this weekend. The company, which is pioneering the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing in Britain, said that after discussions with police it had doubled the height of its security fences and installed razor wire at the Balcombe site, and had called a halt to the stopped drilling until further notice. A spokesman said this was owing to concerns "for the...
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United Kingdom: Energy company scales back drilling over protest fears
2013-08-15 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Energy firm Cuadrilla on Friday announced it was cutting back its activities at a site in south England as over 1,000 protesters prepare for a six-day "action camp". The company, which specialises in hydraulic fracturing for shale gas, the controversial technique known as "fracking", will scale back its exploratory drilling operation at Balcombe in West Sussex due to concerns over the protest by "No Dash For Gas" campaigners. "After taking advice from Sussex Police, Cuadrilla is scaling back...
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Ecuador expected to open Amazon's Yasuni basin to oil drilling -sources
2013-08-15 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Ecuador is expected to open part of the Amazon rainforest to oil drilling on Thursday after rich nations failed to back a conservation plan that would have paid the country not to explore in the area, government sources said. In 2007 Ecuador's President Rafael Correa launched an initiative to protect the Yasuni area of the Amazon basin, which boasts one of the planet's richest ranges of wildlife. However, the sources said that decision has been reversed and an announcement on the plan's future...
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BRS Resources Announces Drilling Of Gradizza Exploration Well In Po Valley
2013-08-15 08:05:00| OGI
BRS is participating in the well through its membership interest in AleAnna Resources LLC.
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