ABOUT two dozen households in Lancashire, England, are set to receive £2070 ($1600) each in the UK's first ever compensation payments made to people living near a shale gas exploration site, with about 250 others set to receive smaller amounts, writes Rob Watts.
Exploration firm Cuadrilla said this week it is to make a £100,000 payment that will be split between residents near the Preston New Road exploration site, close to Blackpool, where drilling is under way and hydraulic fracturing could begin next year.
