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Ty Gwyn
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13 years ago

Anyone from the Kent area,heard anything about proposals for underground working ,

Apparently there 5 conditional licences granted with the Coal Authority,the max for each licence is 10,000 hectares,so could be one big operator.

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Peter Burgess
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13 years ago

There are plans to investigate fracking. Would the coal authority get involved in that?

http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/fears_raised_over_fracking_possibility_in_east_kent_1_1147192

Ty Gwyn
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13 years ago

Possibly,
There was a comment on the Welshcoalmines site,about these applications,i mentioned that they were most likely Gasification projects,suppose Fracking could come under that classification,the reply from the CA,was that there were 5 Underground applications ,as well as the Gasification project.

Lot of coal left in Kent,but would be a very expensive exercise today to open a new pit there.

LeeW
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13 years ago

As Ty Gwyn say, most likely underground coal gasification.

http://coal.decc.gov.uk/en/coal/cms/news/licensing_2011/licensing_2011.aspx

The Kent Coalfield is also overlain by the Chalk aquifer and the Environment Agency would also need to give permissions etc for any fracking etc took place

I went in a mine once.... it was dark and scary..... full of weirdos

When do I get my soapbox, I need to rant on about some b***cks