Britain: protests in Balcombe against 'fracking' Protesters demonstrate at the entrance of a drill site operated by Cuadrilla Resources Ltd in Balcombe, southern England, on Wednesday. Protestors fear that Cuadrilla will use the controversial method of hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking' of oil and gas from underground shale rock. Cuadrilla has said it plans to conduct exploratory drilling in a temporary operation which will not include hydraulic fracturing. Images