Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, was accused at the High Court today of trying to “demonise” anti-fracking protester to support its case for an injunction.
The future of an oil exploration site in West Sussex depends on the results of tests at the so-called “Gatwick Gusher” well about 20 miles away in Surrey, a company has said.
News reported by DrillOrDrop that the Scottish Government had extended an Ineos shale gas licence near Glasgow has disappointed campaigners. The licence, called PEDL162, reached the end of its initial exploration term at the of June 2018. To continue to the second, appraisal phase, the operator should have […]
The largest investor in the Horse Hill oil well near Gatwick is seeking to change its company status.
An oil exploration licence in a remote part of the South Downs National Park has lapsed, it was confirmed this morning.
In this week’s listings Cases at the High Court on Cuadrilla protest injunction and Ineos access to Clumber Park Closing date for entries to British Photographic Journal Fractured Stories competition Deadline for comments on Ineos replacement application for Woodsetts in South Yorkshire Temporary seismic monitors due to be installed in […]
The Welsh Government is consulting on its new policy to oppose fracking and any further oil and gas exploration.
A dozen onshore oil and gas licences, including one in Scotland, have been extended even though the operators have not met commitments to drill an exploration well.
Egdon Resources says it has submitted another planning application for oil production at the Wressle site near Scunthorpe.
A man who spent 10 hours on top of a rig lorry in protest to oil exploration has lost his appeal against conviction.
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