Sussex oil exploration licences at risk in legal battle, investor warns
An investor in oil exploration in Sussex says its legal battle with partner Celtique Energie could cost the companies three drilling licences covering 124,000 acres.
Breaking: IGas pulls out of Chester
In the past few minutes, IGas has confirmed it will not be drilling for coal bed methane at Upton near Chester, where a protest camp was evicted last month.
Rig installed for Horse Hill oil flow test
The rig needed to test the flow of oil at the Horse Hill exploration well near Horley in Surrey was installed this afternoon.
Photograph: Work underway at IGas shale gas site
IGas has wasted no time beginning work at its proposed fracking site at Misson in north Nottinghamshire. Equipment arrived today, just over a week after permission was granted for groundwater monitoring boreholes.
Who drilled where in 2015?
The short answer is not many companies sank wells anywhere onshore in 2015. The number of oil and gas wells drilled in the UK in 2015 was the lowest for almost 40 years.
Four-year financial health warning for IGas, study reveals
A company awarded 11 licences for oil and gas exploration by the government last year has been on a financial health warning list for four years, according to analysis published yesterday.
INEOS interview: Company spotlight turns to English shale gas areas
The Swiss-based chemicals company, INEOS, looks unlikely to commit to shale gas surveying in Scotland until it knows whether the country’s moratorium on fracking will be lifted. A senior executive told DrillOrDrop he expects the company’s shale business will concentrate next on Cheshire and other areas of England, […]
Ryedale MP to sit down with fracking companies
The Thirsk and Malton MP, Kevin Hollinrake, is to meet shale gas companies next month to get an idea of what fracking might look like in northern England.
What to watch in 2016
DrillOrDrop’s round-up of the oil and gas sites that may see action in the next year.
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 […]
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