Section 5 – Hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas and coal gasification
13.Section 5 states the circumstances in which hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas and coal gasification will be a Significant Infrastructure Project. These are:
development that is the exploration, appraisal or production of coal bed methane or shale oil or gas using unconventional extraction techniques including hydraulic fracturing in Wales or the Welsh marine area, except for exploratory boreholes which do not involve the carrying out of hydraulic fracturing, and
development that is the gasification of coal in the strata, with the exclusion of the drilling of boreholes solely for the purpose of core sampling.
