UKOG raises £2.2m for Turkish exploration project
UK Oil & Gas plc announced today it had raised £2.2m to fund initial operations in its new interest in the Resan oil exploration project in Turkey.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Anti-fracking network runner-up in campaign awards
Frack Free United, a network of campaigners opposed to fracking, was runner-up in a national awards scheme run by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation.
October 2020 headlines
You can keep up with October’s news here with our digest of headlines about UK fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas, updated daily.
Picture post: Gran’s 100-mile fundraiser aims for £5,000
A 71-year-old grandmother walking 100 miles to raise money for a legal challenge to onshore oil production has beaten her £3,500 target.
Oil flow work begins at Horse Hill as production figures fall again
Oil production at the Horse Hill site in Surrey fell for a second month in a row, according to official data published today.
Third Energy seeks geothermal heat from old Ryedale gas wells
A company that tried to frack in North Yorkshire three years ago says it wants to re-use old gas sites for renewable energy.
“Woefully inadequate” regulation of UK onshore oil and gas risks environmental damage – new study
Regulation of the UK onshore shale industry is “lax, fragmented and frequently incompetent”, a new study has concluded.
Minister tells anti-fracking MPs to “accept victory”
Two Conservative MPs who opposed fracking in their constituencies have won their campaigns, the energy minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, told parliament tonight.
Egdon plans “small-scale fracking” instead of acidisation at Wressle oil site
The operator of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe has confirmed it no longer plans to use acidisation to improve production.
Surrey campaigner takes on national planning policy in legal climate challenge
A campaigner’s legal challenge against oil production in Surrey has grown into a case to bring UK planning policy into line with climate change strategy.
