Third Energy has submitted an application for fracking at a site in northeast England.
The application is for fracking at its Kirby Misperton well in north Yorkshire.
It is the third such application being assessed by British authorities.
Third Energy’s operations director, John Dewar,said:”Submitting this application is an important milestone in the project to establish the potential to produce gas from the ‘Bowland’ strata beneath North Yorkshire.
“We know that the gas is present but it is only by actually hydraulically stimulating the rock that we can understand the potential of the gas to flow and the likely volumes that can be produced’.
The small energy producer said gas extracted during the testing phase would be used to produce electricity at a nearby gas-fired power plant, but if substantial amounts were found the gas would pass through the national grid.
Third Energy’s well is located in the Bowland shale formation that experts estimate contains the bulk of Britain’s shale gas resources.
