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The Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has ordered Britain’s only two horizontal shale wells, operated by Cuadrilla, to be plugged and abandoned. Cuadrilla’s parent company AJ Lucas has announced that Cuadrilla will permanently seal the two shale gas wells drilled at the Preston New Road Lancashire shale exploration site, despite concerns about the impact this will have on energy supply.