Keep up to date with 2026’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas..
We’ll be reporting this year on new proposals, reactions to them, key decisions, legal actions and site clean-ups.
Photo: Frack Free Coastal Communities
Tuesday 6 January 2026
Star Energy seeks more time to restore Egmanton oilfield. DrillOrDrop reports on plans by Star Energy to extend its restoration time at the Egmanton oilfield in Nottinghamshire by five years.
Monday 5 January 2026
Campaigners launch new methane legal action. DrillOrDrop reports that the Weald Action Group, the campaigners who won a landmark Supreme Court ruling onthe climate impact of onshore oil and gas, has launched a new legal action over methane emissions from the industry.
Thursday 1 January 2026
Who drilled where in 2025? DrillOrDrop reports that the UK onshore industry drilled no oil and gas wells during 2025, according to official data.
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