Insurances held by Caudrilla for Lower Stumble site, Balcombe

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Dear Department of Energy and Climate Change,

Please can you provide any Insurance Policies/ Documents / Categories that are held by Caudrilla that relate to the oil and gas exploration site at Lower Stumble , London Road, Balcombe, West Sussex. Can you also confirm if Caudrilla hold Environmental Impact Liability relating to the mentioned site above please.

Yours faithfully,

L Towner

FOI Requests,

DECC Ref: 14/0656

 
Dear L Towner

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 22 April
2014. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at the
Department of Energy and Climate Change to deal with.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004
and will be responded at the latest by 21 May 2014.

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rights unit at BIS who have a shared service when dealing with requests
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Dear L Towner
 
Please find attached a response to your recent request, DECC ref 14/0656.
 
 
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Dear Department of Energy and Climate Change

On the UKOOG site under `who is responsible for what` it states ; In considering any request for operatorship, DECC will look at the technical competence of the operator – more specifically the following factors:

*capability to supervise, manage and undertake the proposed operations
*scope of relevant insurance coverage

So, can you please confirm that you have seen the Insurance/s held by Caudrilla for the Lower Stumble site, London Road, Balcombe, West Sussex.

Yours faithfully,

L Towner

FOI Requests,

Dear Sir / Madam

 

I refer to your e-mail of 20 May which asked “please confirm that you have
seen the Insurance/s held by Caudrilla for the Lower Stumble site, London
Road, Balcombe, West Sussex”.

 

I can confirm that DECC has seen evidence that Cuadrilla holds the
relevant insurance for its operations.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Oil and Gas Licensing Exploration & Development

 

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