Fears as oil well testing set to start in small village
The Argus, Samuel Brooke, 16th September 2019
CONCERNS have been raised over plans to extract 3,000 barrels of oil from the countryside.
Petrochemical firm Angus Energy announced it hopes to conduct another test at its oil site in Balcombe, near Haywards Heath.
Managing director George Lucan said the company will soon submit plans to pump out wastewater and oil from the site to see if it was “commercially viable” to extract oil regularly.
But some residents expressed concern about the test, fearing more oil projects across the South Downs.
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