Gas company seeks to bankrupt anti-fracking campaigner
Rathlin Energy, a gas exploration company working in East Yorkshire, sought a bankruptcy order this morning against a leading anti-fracking campaigner.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
MPs demand government answers on carbon capture and storage
Photo credit: David J Some rights reserved MPs have given the energy secretary, Amber Rudd, until the first week in January to answer questions about the government’s withdrawal of funding for carbon capture and storage.
New interactive maps and information on oil and gas licences
DrillOrDrop published this new interactive map today showing which companies have got the new licences for fracking and conventional oil and gas exploration across England. The map shows the dominance of INEOS (orange) in North Yorkshire, the east Midlands and Cheshire, Cuadrilla (light green) in North Yorkshire and […]
Triumphant week for UK fracking but plenty of ‘buts’ remain
Supporters of the fracking in the UK should be celebrating this weekend after three wins in as many days.
Fracking by numbers: figures from the new oil and gas licences
DrillOrDrop has been looking in more detail at the information on new oil and gas licences released by the Oil and Gas Authority yesterday. 112 wells planned in new licence areas England is likely to see at least 112 oil and gas wells drilled in newly licensed areas […]
Government ruling on fracking appeals “inappropriate” – Lancashire County Council
Councillors in Lancashire have urged the local government secretary, Greg Clark, to take no part in the decision on planning appeals over fracking in the county.
New oil and gas licences: What opponents said
“Nowhere is sacred” Hannah Martin, Greenpeace UK “Just days after an historic agreement at the Paris climate summit to move towards a renewable energy future – the UK Government’s gung-ho approach to a new fossil fuel industry is bizarre and irresponsible.” “The future economic benefits of fracking are […]
New oil and gas licences: What the industry said
“Talking to communities is first priority” Cuadrilla Awarded eight licences cover 18 blocks, including a large area in the Cleveland Basin. Francis Egan, its chief executive, said in a statement: “The award of these licences gives Cuadrilla a leading position in each of the three most prospective shale […]
Who’s got an oil and gas licence in your area?
We’ve compiled a list to show which companies have been granted oil and gas exploration licences and where they are. The licences were confirmed by the Oil and Gas Authority today (17th December 2015) and cover England only.
Breaking: INEOS oil and gas licences now cover 1 million acres
INEOS is the big winner in today’s oil and gas licence announcement. The company has been granted 21 licences covering 37 blocks. The company now has exclusive rights to exploit oil and gas from 700,000 acres, to add to its existing licence area covering 300,000 acres. The INEOS […]
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