Half-mile-deep Shropshire methane drilling bid submitted
A planning application to drill for coal bed methane in the north of the county has been submitted to Shropshire Council.
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If given the go-ahead the borehole would be more than half a mile deep.
Dart Energy wants permission to drill a temporary coal bed methane exploration borehole on land north west of The Brooklands, Dudleston, near Ellesmere.
The project has already sparked a series of protests,with public meetings held in both the Ellesmere area and in Oswestry.
Objectors fear any coal bed methane drilling could be the first step towards fracking, potentially compromising the water table.
