LANCASHIRE SHALE GAS EXPLORATION: DRILLING NOISE AND THE PLANNING PROCESS

摘要

This paper describes recent experience of undertaking a noise assessment in support of the planning application for two proposed shale gas exploration sites in Lancashire using hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as 'fracking'. Hydraulic fracturing is a method for creating a network of small fractures in rock to enable natural gas that could not otherwise be extracted to be released into a borehole via which it is brought to the ground surface.