Cleveland Basin (North Yorkshire) shale basin
Cleveland Basin (North Yorkshire) is one of the UK onshore shale basins on Brent & Beyond. Carboniferous Bowland-equivalent shales at depth beneath the Vale of Pickering, below the Jurassic cover.
Gas in place is not recoverable gas. No UK recovery factor has been established; years of supply need a recovery factor first.
| Nation | England |
|---|---|
| Play | Gas (Carboniferous) |
| Gas in place | no official estimate |
| Oil in place | — |
| Recoverable | No official (BGS/government) estimate for this area. |
| Status | No fracking. KM8 now a geothermal test well. |
| On the map from | Jun 2013: Third Energy KM8 at Kirby Misperton, drilled to the Bowland Shale, spudded Jun 2013 |
Wells and licences
- 2013: Kirby Misperton KM8 (Third Energy) drilled.
- Apr–May 2016: Environment Agency permit (11 Apr) and North Yorkshire planning consent (27 May) to frack KM8; upheld by the High Court in Dec 2016.
- 2018: Never fracked: no final government consent amid questions over the company finances; equipment removed early 2018.
- 2024: KM8 repurposed for a CeraPhi geothermal pilot.
Source: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data · date: source