Fracking: 6,000 square miles of England earmarked for shale exploration

‘Households across an estimated 6,000 square miles of England – an area the size of Yorkshire – are expected to learn within days that their areas have been earmarked for possible fracking.

Ministers are preparing to award energy companies licences to explore for shale gas and oil, in an attempt to kick-start the fledgling UK fracking industry.

It is understood that they will announce the names of companies who have been awarded dozens of oil and gas exploration licences in England, covering an area of roughly 1,000 square miles.’

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