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Water wells near gas drilling more likely to have heavy metals, Barnett Shale study finds
2013-08-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dallas Morning News: Private water wells near natural gas drilling in North Texas Barnett Shale gas field are more likely to be contaminated with heavy metals than those farther from gas operations, a study at the University of Texas at Arlington has found. Contamination occurred more often and in greater amounts when water wells were closer to gas wells, scientists said. Water wells outside gas-producing areas showed no such problems. Researchers could not pinpoint the sources, but they ruled out the upward movement...
United Kingdom: Balcombe fracking protesters vow to fight on as drilling begins
2013-08-02 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Drilling for oil started on Friday just outside the small village of Balcombe, in West Sussex, as oil and gas company Cuadrilla completed tests of its equipment and protesters chanted outside, surrounded by police. This is the first time Cuadrilla, which is pioneering the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" in the UK, has been able to start its exploratory drilling. The company says is not planning to frack the rocks under Balcombe at this stage. Its geological assessments...
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United Kingdom: Aerial footage: Fracking test drilling begins in Balcombe
2013-08-02 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Cuadrilla's oil drilling project has been subject to days of delays because of high-profile protests designed to halt delivery of trucks and equipment to the plant. Today a Cuadrilla spokesman said: "We started test drilling at 11.15am, and we will do a 3,000ft vertical well. We will be there for two to three months." Campaigners fear the project at Lower Stumble, near Balcombe, West Sussex, could lead Cuadrilla to go on to conduct hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The controversial method of...
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Balcombe oil drilling begins after anti-fracking protests cause delay
2013-08-02 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Drilling for oil close to the West Sussex village of Balcombe has begun following a week of blockades and protests by anti-fracking activists who fear that the possible use of the extraction method could lead to the pollution of water courses. Cuadrilla, the oil and gas exploration company headed by the former BP boss Lord Browne, said work started at around 11.30am on Friday and drills would penetrate more than 900 metres (3,000ft) into the Sussex shale to test for the availability of oil reserves....
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Oil drilling starts after protests
2013-08-02 12:57:22| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Energy company Cuadrilla begins drilling for oil after being held up by protesters at a site in West Sussex.
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