Cuadrilla to close UK's last fracking wells despite dwindling gas stocks

2025-04-04 16:32:55

$File photo dated 05/101/8 of a worker at the Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire. New Prime Minister Liz Truss is reportedly set to announce she is scrapping the ban on fracking as she unveils her long-awaited plan to guard Britons against crippling costs while boosting the country's energy security.Issue date: Thursday September 8, 2022.$

The UK's final fracking wells are set to be sealed and filled with cement, despite warnings of dwindling gas reserves.

In an open letter, the North Sea Transition Authority regulator instructed energy company Cuadrilla to seal the two wells at Preston New Road in Lancashire before decommissioning them by 30th June 2025, as reported by Next Page