Cuadrilla Resources has announced that hydraulic fracturing at its Lytham site has been put on hold whilst a number of other locations are investigated.
Cuadrilla intended to begin operation at Anna’s Road, near Lytham, this year. However, concerns over migrating birds prevents work being undertaken between October and March, and so operations have been postponed until 2014.
Exploration caused minor earthquakes in Blackpool in 2011, although the government later deemed the practice to be safe and allowed it to continue under stricter regulation.
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