Cuadrilla's experimental drilling rig for shale gas fracking during a Summer of anti-fracking protests, Balcombe, England, UK


1st September 2013. Site of Cuadrilla's exploratory drilling rig for hydraulic fracturing, which is facing local, national and international opposition. On the 4th November 2013, it was reported that 'energy company Cuadrilla has signed a new 30-year lease on land in West Sussex where it carried out test drilling for oil in the summer' (BBC News, Sussex). Balcombe, West Sussex, England, UK


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Location: Balcombe, West Sussex, England, UK
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