Shale Gas Exploration Presented at the Parish Council

Shale Gas Exploration Presented at the Parish Council Meeting on 22 nd March 2017 The purpose of this document is to detail the known shale gas exploration activities of i. Gas and INEOS, following discussions and email contacts between INEOS and i. Gas representatives and Ian Walton, Chair, Manley Parish Council.

Current PEDLs relevant to Manley PEDL 184 Blocks SJ 27, 28, 37 50% i. Gas (operator) 50% INEOS PEDL 190 Block SJ 47 50% i. Gas (operator) 50% INEOS PEDL 189 Block SJ 46 75% INEOS (operator) 25% i. Gas PEDL 294 Blocks SJ 57 (west) and SJ 67 (east) 100% INEOS Manley PEDL 292 Blocks SJ 56 (west) and SJ 66 (east) 100% INEOS http: //www. ineos. com/businesses/ineos-shale/our-operations/

Current PEDLs Scope of Operations PEDL 184 Drilling Site: Ellesmere Port PEDL 190 Site*: Bridge Trafford Drilling Site: Ince Marshes PEDL 189 Sites*: Salters Lane, Picton, Mickle Trafford; Duttons Lane, Upton PEDL 294 Drill 2 wells to 4, 500 m; drill 2 horizontal appraisal wells and carry out hydraulic fracturing from them; obtain 50 km of 2 D seismic data; obtain 150 km 2 of 3 D seismic data. Manley PEDL 292 Drill 1 well to 4, 500 m; drill a horizontal appraisal well and carry out hydraulic fracturing; obtain 75 km of 2 D seismic data and 75 km 2 of 3 D seismic data. https: //drillordrop. com http: //www. ineos. com/businesses/ineos-shale/our-operations/ * Sites refer to locations of interest, land holdings or previous planning permissions

https: //itportal. decc. gov. uk/web_files/recent_licences/PEDL 294. pdf Maps taken from PEDL 294 License

INEOS –Operations Around Manley (Extracted from email from Gordon Grant (INEOS) to Ian Walton (MPC) 22 nd March 2017: We (INEOS) currently have more than 1. 2 m acres of land under licence across the UK. In the North West we are the operator of eight licence areas, one of which includes the Parish of Manley. We are also Partners with IGas in a further four. We expect to undertake seismic data acquisition in 2017 and 2018 across much of our licence areas. This work will commence in the East Midlands and move through our Yorkshire and Cheshire licences thereafter. Existing and new seismic data will help inform planning applications for a number of vertical coring wells to understand the gas content in the shale rock. Two planning applications are being progress to date, one in Derbyshire and one in Rotherham. The results of the core wells will inform future planning applications for appraisal wells where we aim to hydraulically fracture and flow test the well. Results of flow tests will tell us if commercial production is viable. Like any development, all well planning applications are subject to public consultation before submission. Before we commence any work, including our seismic programme, we will fully inform the local communities of our plans and will aim to work alongside parish councils, other elected representatives and local residents to keep all interested parties up to date with our progress.

i. Gas –Operations Around Manley Summary of telephone conversation between David Petrie, (i. Gas) and Ian Walton (MPC): The overlap between Manley Parish and i. Gas operations is very modest – only the western edge of Manley is affected; mostly INEOS operations here. The i. Gas ethos is to inform the local community typically 18 months before any activity. This is a legal requirement of the licence. i. Gas are not looking here at the moment and areas they are interested in are quite far away from Manley. Further sites will be announced soon and David Petrie will contact us again with any news of nearby sites. The only site near us is in Mickle Trafford, and no operational plans have been defined yet.