UKOG announces £10m loan to fund Weald oil exploration
The leading oil exploration company in the Weald in southern England announced this morning it had taken out a £10m loan.
Ready to frack – Third Energy tells residents
Third Energy has told people living near its Kirby Misperton gas site in North Yorkshire that it is preparing to frack.
Residents vote to share Cuadrilla’s £100,000 fracking fund – but some reject “blood money”
People living within 1.5km of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in Lancashire are to share a £100,000 community benefit fund, the company confirmed today.
UK’s biggest shale company just got bigger
INEOS Shale, the company with the largest shale gas acreage in the UK, has added shares in five new exploration licences in three counties.
Europa predicts planning success for Wressle and 500 barrels of oil production
One of the companies behind oil production plans at Wressle in Lincolnshire is optimistic that it will overturn two planning refusals when a public inquiry starts next week.
Cuadrilla announces £4.7m spending in Lancashire
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, says it has now spent more than £4.7m in the Lancashire economy since January 2016.
UKOG shares rise on Broadford Bridge statement
UK Oil and Gas saw its shares rise in value by nearly 25% today following a statement on the company’s Broadford Bridge oil exploration site in West Sussex.
INEOS Shale announces new chief executive
The former executive of one of the INEOS chemical companies has been appointed head of INEOS Shale, the UK’s largest holder of shale gas exploration licences.
N Yorks fracking company misses accounts deadline for second year
The shale gas operator that intends to frack at Kirby Misperton by Christmas has failed to file its company accounts on time for the second year running.
Lidsey oil well drilled on time – Angus statement
Angus Energy announced this morning it had completed drilling its oil production well at Lidsey, near Bognor Regis, in West Sussex.
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