Preston New Road fracking firm Cuadrilla is 'living in hope' after two-year site restoration extension agreed, it is claimed
A rig will then be required to undertake the works to abandon the boreholes, which includes filling the bores with concrete. It is expected that a period of four to six months will be needed to gain regulatory approval for the decommissioning programme and a further period of eight to 12 weeks to carry out the works on both wells.
The site currently has a permit from the EA. The restoration works to the site cannot commence until the permit has been surrendered and that requires the operator – Cuadrilla, in this case – to demonstrate that the abandonment works to each borehole have been successful. A programme of groundwater and surface water monitoring is required to demonstrate the effectiveness of the abandonment works which, could take between six to 12 months.
Upon the permit being surrendered [likely after around eight months], the restoration works will then begin. They would involve the removal of the concrete drilling pad and initial part of the well and the surrounding hardcore surface and pollution prevention membranes, together with any remaining equipment. The perimeter fencing would also be removed, following which the stored soils would be used to level and restore the site surface to an agricultural field.
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