THE search for oil buried beneath East Lancashire was set to begin, as a licence was granted to an oil and gas company.
Sovereign Oil and Gas were awarded a six year licence by the Department of Energy to drill in an area bounded by Great Mitton, Barrowford and Trawden to the north, and Rishton, Clayton-le-Moors, Towneley Hall and Heptonstall Moor to the south.
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