FILE PHOTO – Cuadrilla’s Preston Road fracking site is seen near Blackpool, Britain, October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
LONDON (Reuters) – British shale gas company Cuadrilla has paused fracking at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire, northwest England, after tremor of magnitude 1.5 was detected, the company said.
“Cuadrilla will pause and continue to monitor micro seismicity for at least the next 18 hours. Well integrity has been checked and verified,” Cuadrilla said in a statement.
Reporting by Susanna Twidale, editing by Louise Heavens
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