Delays in the approval process have caused Third Energy to temporarily halt test-fracking at the Kirby Misperton site in North Yorkshire, UK.

The government has ordered an assessment of the financial condition of the company before making a decision to grant final approval. Third Energy is said to have moved some equipment from the site.

Third Energy COO Alan Linn was quoted by media sources as saying: “As we work through the final government approvals for the fracking project we think it is very important that residents in the Kirby Misperton area see their lives return to normal.

“In the six years since the first well was fracked, the fracking industry has supplied less than 0% of the UK’s energy demand.”

“We consider reopening the footpath and significantly reducing the height of the sound barrier are positive steps towards this.”

Energy firms have been increasingly inclined towards the development of the shale industry in the country. In response, environmental groups continue to exert pressure on the government to take into consideration its impact on the environment.

Greenpeace energy head Hannah Martin: “In the six years since the first well was fracked, the fracking industry has supplied less than 0% of the UK’s energy demand despite ministers overruling local democracy, changing planning law, restricting homeowners’ property rights, and trying unsuccessfully to sell fracking to communities.”

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Instead, Martin urged the government to support the development of clean energy technologies.