Cuadrilla suspended shale gas test drilling in June 2011, following two small earthquakes near Blackpool.
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The Welsh government is to hold a public inquiry into test drilling for gas in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Anti-fracking protesters who halted test drilling by invading a site have been found guilty of trespass, assault and obstruction charges.
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Sirius Minerals claimed last month that test drilling between Whitby and Scarborough had revealed some of the best potash deposits in the world.
Shale gas resources in Lancashire could be worth billions of pounds, says the head of the energy firm test drilling for the resource.
Last year Sirius Minerals said test drilling at temporary boreholes between Whitby and Scarborough revealed some of the best potash deposits in the world.
The site already has planning permission for test drilling, although the company behind the plans, Cuadrilla Resources, says Balcombe is not in its current plans.
Last year the company said test drilling at two holes between Whitby and Scarborough had revealed some of the best potash deposits in the world.
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It coincided with the release of a report commissioned by Cuadrilla which found it was "highly probable" that shale gas test drilling triggered two earth tremors near Blackpool.
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At the moment we don't know what this means for the Welsh government or for local authorities, such as Vale of Glamorgan, who were rejected test drilling last year before losing on appeal.
Already Finnish nuclear utility Posiva is test-drilling the rock beneath Olkiluoto island with the idea of interring waste one-third of a mile down.
There was a ripple of fear in Britain when test-drilling for shale gas in north-west England set off small earth tremors, but the evidence so far suggests that earthquakes should not be a worry.
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And four out of 10 admitted drilling phonics in the week prior to the test.
Kennedy and two other people close to Cuomo, who spoke to the AP only on condition of anonymity because Cuomo is carefully guarding his discussions on the issue, confirmed the outlines of the plan the governor was considering to allow 10 to 40 test wells in economically depressed southern New York towns that want drilling and the jobs it promises.
But Adrian Kuzminski, a fracking opponent with the group Sustainable Otsego, said he fears that the test wells Cuomo has been considering would be "a stalking horse" for more drilling.
They test nearby water wells to determine the level of naturally-occurring methane and other contamination before and after drilling in order to ensure that their drilling and completion activities have not caused any issues.
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