Government says it will not relax rules on fracking tremors

Conor McGlone
01 Nov 2018

BEIS has said the government will not consider relaxing rules that limits fracking when it causes earthquakes, after a major drilling firm claimed the current system is preventing it from testing Britain’s shale gas potential

Claire Perry at the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
Perry said she is "absolutely not" considering weakening the monitoring controls on seismicity

BEIS has said the government will not consider relaxing rules that limits fracking when it causes earthquakes, after a major drilling firm claimed the current system is preventing it from testing Britain’s shale gas potential.

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