8.4 The scale (in terms of completed wells) and speed of any commercial exploitation scenario will be primary factors shaping the extent and profile of employment impacts. Our understanding is that it would be possible to drill six commercial extraction wells per year per drill rig, and that it would be Cuadrilla’s preference to do the exploitation quickly and
introduce up-to 10 drill rigs across any agreed commercial extraction licence area. This in theory could yield 60 completed wells per year.