2016 onshore oil and gas drilling reaches near 50-year low
The number of onshore oil and gas wells drilled in the UK in 2016 was the lowest for nearly 50 years, according to data from the Oil and Gas Authority.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
What’s happening this week?9-15 January 2017
Our first weekly events listing for 2017 features scheduled daily roadside protests outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in Lancashire plus North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee meeting to decide plans by Egdon for oil and gas production at Wressle.
Protest update: 1-6 January 2017
Tonight DrillOrDrop starts a new weekly update on protests about oil and gas developments across the UK. In this, the first post, we report from: Cuadrilla’s fracking site at Preston New Road, Little Plumpton in Lancashire Protection camp at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire, where Third Energy wants to frack […]
First INEOS shale gas exploration bid gets underway
The oil and chemicals firm INEOS has revealed details of what could be its first shale gas site in the UK.
Anti-fracking campaigners criticise shale company over delayed accounts
Opponents of shale gas extraction in North Yorkshire have urged Third Energy to publish its accounts on time.
Pressure mounts on Friends of the Earth anti-fracking campaign
Friends of the Earth is fighting off criticism from the shale gas company, Cuadrilla, and the advertising watchdog.
Work begins at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road fracking site
Cuadrilla announced this morning it was starting surface construction work at its shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, near Little Plumpton in Lancashire.
Advertising watchdog warns Friends of the Earth over fracking claims
Friends of the Earth has agreed not to repeat claims it made in a leaflet about the effects of fracking.
Lincolnshire planners recommend Wressle oil production plans
Planning officers at North Lincolnshire Council have recommended approval of plans to produce oil for 15 years at Egdon Resources’ Wressle site near Scunthorpe.
What to watch in 2017?
DrillOrDrop’s round-up of likely action in the next year for onshore oil and gas sites, applications, legal challenges and company operations. Please let us know if information in this post is missing, inaccurate or out-of-date. We want to make this as complete and accurate as possible. Contact here.
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