Francis egan cuadrilla biography for kids

Francis Egan is the chief executive of Cuadrilla Resources, a UK energy company based in Staffordshire.

Francis egan cuadrilla biography for kids

Set up in 2007 and backed by British Gas, Cuadrilla has been described as "the pioneer of fracking in the UK". Egan himself refers to his company as 'a British start-up'.

Fracking is safe - our children drink the water here

In 2013 Tessa Blackstone during a House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee hearing on shale gas in the UK asked Francis Egan and fellow fracking chief Andrew Austin of IGas Energy, '...can you put your hands on your hearts and say that fracking is completely safe?

And in answering that question, could you indicate the main risks and how you will manage them?

To which Egan responded:

If you want me physically to do it, the answer is yes. We would not do it if we did not think it was safe to do it.

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