In August 2019, Corridor Resources indicated it would not be pursuing fracking in the Sussex region due to "regulatory uncertainty" with the province's consultation with Indigenous groups.

In June 2019, Premier Blaine Higgs revealed that his cabinet had approved an order to end the moratorium to  allow Corridor Resources to resume fracking its wells near Penobsquis, in the Sussex area.

In May 2016, the provincial government announced an indefinite moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.

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