Reporting on the unconventional oil and gas industry and its use of hydraulic fracturing
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.
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.
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.
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, […]
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.
DrillOrDrop’s round-up of the oil and gas sites that may see action in the next year.
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 […]
Supporters of the fracking in the UK should be celebrating this weekend after three wins in as many days.
“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 […]
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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