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Photos of the proposed drill site at Borras, Wrexham

Borrasite | 12.10.2014 21:22 | Fracking | Wales

These photos of the proposed drilling site - application refused by Wrexham council and overturned by the Planning Inspectorate - and the surrounding countryside were taken yesterday afternoon. All very idyllic... for the moment.

The test drilling is supposed to be for coal bed methane (CBM) - in an area where the government's own report says CBM extraction simply won't work. So what are the frackers really up to?

Borras sign near the entrance gate to proposed drill site
Borras sign near the entrance gate to proposed drill site

The field
The field

The field from entrance gate
The field from entrance gate

Site through the hedgerow
Site through the hedgerow

House overlooking the site
House overlooking the site

Houses across the field opposite
Houses across the field opposite

Up the lane
Up the lane

Field opposite the site
Field opposite the site

House up the lane opposite the site entrance
House up the lane opposite the site entrance

Looking from the site down Borras Road towards Holt
Looking from the site down Borras Road towards Holt


More information:

 https://indymedia.org.uk/en/2014/10/518401.html

 http://www.wrexham.com/news/appeal-for-controversial-gas-drilling-in-wrexham-given-go-ahead-48648.html

 http://dailywales.net/2014/10/09/westminsters-dash-for-gas-gets-go-ahead-in-wales/

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-29573742

 http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/wrexham-gas-drilling-plan-gets-7906415

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