Reporting on the unconventional oil and gas industry and its use of hydraulic fracturing
A newspaper article in North Yorkshire led to speculation during the weekend that gas company, Third Energy, had already carried out test fracks at its Kirby Misperton well site.
Angus Energy announced this morning that it would become the operator of Cuadrilla’s Balcombe licence in West Sussex, after acquiring a 25% stake.
Angus Energy has denied that its planning application on the Brockham oil site in Surrey was found to be invalid.
Egdon Resources announced today it was “fully committed” to its oil well at Wressle near Scunthorpe and would submit new planning applications to develop the site.
Angus Energy announced this morning it would be producing oil from four wells in the Weald in southern England in the first three months of this year.
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, said this morning it estimated fracking would begin between April and June this year.
Cuadrilla said this morning more than 240 households living near its Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool have received a share of a £100,000 community benefit payment.
Aurora Energy Resources has told residents it is planning to drill and frack two wells near the west Lancashire village of Great Altcar, on the edge of Formby.
Rathlin Energy is expected to begin work within weeks at its new oil and gas exploration site in East Yorkshire.
The number of onshore oil and gas wells drilled in the UK in 2017 was another 50-year low for the industry.
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