Live news updates from Pickering debate on fracking regulation: MP vs the engineer
Live updates from the debate between Thirsk and Malton MP, Kevin Hollinrake, and oil and gas industry engineer, Mike Hill.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
“We are fighting for our community” –villagers celebrate another vote against shale gas and INEOS
The UK’s biggest shale gas company, INEOS, has suffered another vote against its exploration plans.
Live news updates: Rotherham councillors vote unanimously against INEOS shale gas plans for Woodsetts
Live updates on the Rotherham Borough Council meeting discussing the INEOS planning application for a shale gas well at Woodsetts.
Angus Energy focuses on production with release of accounts and Brockham plans
The oil and gas company, Angus Energy, made no money from production in the year 2016-2017, according to its accounts published today. But its message to investors was that 2018 would be different.
Decision due on INEOS’s shale gas plans for Woodsetts
Plans by the UK’s biggest shale gas licence holder to drill on the edge of the village of Woodsetts are to be decided in the morning by Rotherham Council’s planning board.
New meeting date and deadline for permit consultation on oil drilling near Leith Hill, Surrey
The Environment Agency has re-arranged a public information meeting about Europa’s oil exploration plans in Surrey, after last week’s event was cancelled.
Third Energy’s N Yorks frack could be delayed until autumn
Any fracking at Third Energy’s well at Kirby Misperton could have to wait until the autumn, it emerged today.
UKOG seeks injunction to ban protests that aim to damage its business
The exploration company, UK Oil and Gas, has applied for a wide-reaching injunction against anti-drilling protests at sites in West Sussex and Surrey.
Government seeks to strengthen planning case for onshore oil and gas
Local councils in England are to be required to develop policies that “facilitate” onshore oil and gas developments, under revised government guidelines.
Picture post: Third Energy removes sound screen at Kirby Misperton
The sound barrier at Third Energy’s would-be fracking site at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire came down today. This follows the withdrawal of other equipment over the past month.
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