Scottish Parliament backs moratorium on fracking
Members of the Scottish Parliament have backed an indefinite moratorium on fracking and unconventional oil and gas.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
A complex tale of thumper trucks, leaks and dirty bath water
Last week, the Bolsover MP, Dennis Skinner, asked the prime minister to investigate drinking water problems in an area of his constituency where the shale gas company INEOS had been carrying out seismic surveys.
Council confirms Angus oil production scheme at Brockham does not have planning permission
Surrey County Council is standing by its position that Angus Energy does not have planning permission for oil production from a well at its Brockham site, despite an announcement of “final go-ahead” this morning.
Protest update: 23-29 October 2017
In this week’s update on protests about fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry: INEOS injunction protest at Woodsetts Lorry protest at Preston New Road and Kirby Misperton Lock-ons at Kirby Misperton Anti-fracking campaigners make first court appearance
What’s happening this week? 23-29 October 2017
In this week’s listings Scheduled date for the start of fracking at Third Energy’s Kirby Misperton site; Debate in the Scottish Parliament on unconventional oil and gas; Protest against INEOS injunction and plans for drilling at Woodsetts; Breaking the Chain exhibition; Decision meeting on Cuadrilla’s Becconsall site;
Angus announces go-ahead for oil production at disputed Brockham side-track
Angus Energy announced in the past hour that it had received approval from the Oil & Gas Authority allowing it to produce oil from a side-track well drilled earlier this year.
Rotherham: Protest, application and fracking vote
Residents of a village near Worksop, where INEOS wants to drill a shale gas well, are planning a protest next week against the company’s proposals and a legal action it has taken against demonstrators.
Updated: Campaigners brought down from rig platform at Third Energy’s Kirby Misperton fracking site
Updated at 2.30pm Two campaigners who spent about 30 hours on the rig platform at Third Energy’s fracking site at Kirby Misperton have been brought down to the ground.
Updated: Campaigners occupy rig at Third Energy’s Kirby Misperton fracking site
Updated 6.30pm with new information and pictures Three opponents of Third Energy’s plans to frack at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire occupied the workover rig at the site early this morning.
Cuadrilla seeks planning consent again to test Balcombe oil well, West Sussex
The company preparing to frack for shale gas in Lancashire announced this morning it was applying for planning permission to test the flow of oil in its exploration well in West Sussex.
DRILL OR DROP? 