Campaigners call for drilling ban in Balcombe
The Argus, Samuel Brooke, 10th November 2019
CAMPAIGNERS have called for oil drilling in a village to be stopped after the Government declared a temporary pause on fracking.
Villagers in Balcombe, near Crawley, have spoken out against plans to run a three-year “flow test” at an oil well in the village.
Oil firm Angus Energy has applied to conduct a test at the well which could produce up to 3,000 barrels of oil.
But Louisa Delpy, of Frack Free Balcombe, said villagers wanted oil drilling to be banned after the Government imposed a temporary ban on fracking last week.
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