Ukraine is seeking private investors for natural gas fracking on a revolutionary scale.

Council “taking steps” to secure frack site restoration

A council says it is taking action to ensure the restoration of Cuadrilla’s former fracking site near Blackpool after the company missed another planning deadline. Cuadrilla’s former shale gas site at Preston New Road. Photo: Maple Independent Media (31 May 2025) Lancashire County Council set 8 June 2025 for the return of the Preston New Road shale gas near Blackpool to farmland. But Cuadrilla did not meet the deadline. So far, no work has been…

Ukraine is seeking private investors for natural gas fracking on a revolutionary scale.

The Ministry of Energy is leveraging Ukraine’s diplomatic ties to find private investment funds to finance drilling and attract technological partners. During an energy forum in Azerbaijan, government representatives promoted Ukraine’s potential as a shale hub. Specific geological zones for the implementation of fracking technology were announced mostly in the western regions: Lviv-Lublin (on the Ukrainian-Polish border) and the Oleska shale blo…