Events diary – May 2019 and beyond
Events in May 2019 and beyond about UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and campaigning.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Picture post: Cuadrilla dismantles noise barrier at fracking site
Pictures from Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool showed that the acoustic screen, which surrounded the wellhead, was taken down today.
Angus raises £3m for new acquisition and Weald operations
Angus Energy announced today it had raised just over £3m in a placing of more than 70 million new shares.
Diary of a shale gas commissioner
The shale gas commissioner, Natascha Engel, who resigned last night, had more than twice as many appointments with business than residents, according to government records. But we won’t know what she discussed with fracking companies because she reportedly deleted emails and meeting notes.
Shale gas commissioner resigns
The shale gas commissioner, Natascha Engel has resigned after just over six months, she has told a national newspaper.
Protest outside SNP conference calls for fracking ban
Opponents of fracking called today on the Scottish government to ban fracking “once and for all”.
Third of election candidates in Ineos shale gas area sign frack-free pledge
More than a third of local election candidates standing next week in an area where Ineos wants to explore for shale gas have signed a “frack free pledge”.
Notice of planning application for Kirby Misperton gas site
Third Energy has said it will apply to extend the duration of planning permission for the KMA wellsite at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire.
Drilling starts on second well at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton site in East Yorkshire
Investors in the West Newton oil and gas site north of Hull have announced that drilling is underway on a second well.
Start date fixed for second Wressle inquiry
The public inquiry into plans for long-term oil production at Egdon Resource’s Wressle site near Scunthorpe is to begin on 5 November 2019.
DRILL OR DROP? 