UK shale gas pioneer Cuadrilla Resources is to begin hydraulic fracturing at the first of its two horizontal shale gas wells at its Preston New Road site in Northwest England “in the next week,” the company said Friday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now First fracking in UK since 2011 Recoverable resource estimate likely in Q1 UK government supportive of shale gas Once the fracking starts, it will represent the first such activity in the UK since 2011. The UK is increasingly dependent on gas imports, with Cuadrilla and its peers saying shale gas can go some way to reducing that dependence. “The start of hydraulic fracturing is the final milestone in the journey to assessing the flow rates of gas from our Lancashire shale exploration wells,” Cuadrilla CEO Francis Egan said. Egan said that once the fracking is underway and […]