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Oil drilling can go ahead near Belfast reservoir, says NI Water
NI Water has given approval for onshore oil exploration to take place next to a key reservoir that supplies Belfast and its surrounding areas.and will lease the land for the controversial oil project, led by developer Infrastrata, despite protest over fears that drinking water could be at risk of contamination, and that the surrounding Woodburn Forest could be damaged. There was a stand-off between police and local anti-oil activists at the site 15 miles north of Belfast. NI Water has said that drilling can go ahead near the reservoir on the condition that Infrastrata does not use hydraulic fracturing to extract oil now or in the future.
Abstract details
Journal title: Daily Telegraph
Countries: Northern Ireland -
Organisation: NI Water|Infrastrata
Subjects: Conventional crude oil, Conventional natural gas, Drilling, Exploration, Oil reserves
