The company has been working towards plugging and abandoning two shale gas wells in Lancashire but is calling on ministers to rethink the UK’s fracking plans amid rising energy prices and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The protestors aim to highlight what they claim is the “conscious, cynical inaction of the government” in allowing the controversial method of fossil fuel extraction to go ahead

A 2.9 magnitude tremor – the largest yet – was recorded at 8.30am on 26th August, following which operations were suspended at its Preston New Road site

A 2.9 magnitude tremor was recorded at 8.30am on Monday, followed by another small tremor at 10.20pm

It is the largest tremor recorded at the Preston New Road site so far

Operations had to be halted on a number of occasions due to minor tremors

BEIS has set out its position on shale gas exploration as Cuadrilla starts work on its second well at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire

Fracking started at the Preston New Road site last October but operations were halted on numerous occasions due to minor tremors

It expects to restart hydraulic fracturing and test equipment in the third quarter of 2019

The company described the news as ‘significant and indicative of the potential of the shale’