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Angus seeks consent to store flammable liquids at Saltfleetby

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 30, 2026

Star Energy update: revenue and production fall in 2025 plus share placing

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 30, 2026

Rathlin Energy founder quits

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 29, 2026

Minister clears way for formal refusal of Burniston frack plan

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 28, 2026

Burniston decision: reaction

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 24, 2026

Breaking: Burniston gas fracking rejected

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 24, 2026

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Angus seeks consent to store flammable liquids at Saltfleetby

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 30, 2026

Angus Energy has applied for permission to store condensate, a flammable liquid produced along with gas, at its field in Lincolnshire.

Star Energy update: revenue and production fall in 2025 plus share placing

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 30, 2026

Star Energy oil revenues fell more than 20% in 2025, compared with the year before, according to annual accounts. The company also announced a share placing aimed at raising £8.4m.

Rathlin Energy founder quits

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 29, 2026

The founder and director of a company behind new plans to use UK onshore gas for bitcoin mining, has resigned.

Minister clears way for formal refusal of Burniston frack plan

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 28, 2026

North Yorkshire councillors are free to issue a formal refusal of plans by Europa Oil & Gas for drilling for gas and lower-volume fracking at Burniston, near Scarborough.

Burniston decision: reaction

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 24, 2026

Opponents of plans to drill and frack for gas in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston are celebrating tonight after the decision to oppose planning permission.

Breaking: Burniston gas fracking rejected

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 24, 2026

Councillors have opposed controversial plans to drill and frack for gas in the village of Burniston, near Scarborough.

Opponents lobby councillors ahead of Burniston meeting

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 24, 2026

Anti-fracking campaigners are gathering outside a crucial meeting in Scarborough to voice their opposition to gas plans in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston.

Prize winner sends solidarity message to Burniston opponents

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 24, 2026

Campaigners opposed to plans to drill and frack for gas in a North Yorkshire village have received a message of solidarity from a winner of the world’s foremost environmental award.

Biscathorpe decommissioning due

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 23, 2026

An oil well in the Lincolnshire Wolds is to be decommissioned in the coming weeks.

Call for councillors to reject North Yorkshire fracking plans

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 21, 2026

Two campaign groups have urged councillors to block fracking plans later this week for the village of Burniston in North Yorkshire.

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