Campaigners gathered outside the Horndean B oil site in Hampshire yesterday (6 September 2026) to launch a fundraiser for a legal challenge over methane pollution from onshore oil and gas sites in the UK.
No decision is expected this month (September 2026) on controversial plans for expansion and long-term production at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey, the county council has confirmed.
New directors of Union Jack Oil will give their views next week on the proposed takeover by Reabold Resources, according to a statement to investors.
UK Oil & Gas, the company behind controversial expansion plans at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey, has changed its name.
A statement by Cuadrilla about the controversial Balcombe oil site in West Sussex apparently conflicts with information from officials and the company’s own partner.
Rathlin Energy, the company planning lower-volume fracking in East Yorkshire, has appointed a new board member from its majority owner.
All three Union Jack Oil directors, David Bramhill, Joseph O’Farrell and Zac Phillips, have been removed immediately from the board, the company announced today (24 August 2026).
DrillOrDrop will be posting updates here as a record of the clean-up of Cuadrilla’s fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire.
The government has unveiled its revised planning blueprint for England, with key changes to shape onshore oil and gas decisions.
Fencing at Cuadrilla’s controversial former fracking site in Lancashire is being dismantled and removed.
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