Shale support and opposition fall in latest government survey
Support for shale gas has fallen to 24%, the joint lowest level recorded so far in a quarterly survey of public attitudes by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Shropshire Council loses chance to decide on Dart’s Dudleston Heath CBM application
A decision on Dart Energy’s planning application to explore for coal bed methane at Dudleston Heath has been taken out of local hands because Shropshire Council delayed its decision for too long. A planning inspector will now decide on the plans, possibly after May’s general election.
Drilling diary – Feb 2015
Key events on fracking and onshore oil and gas in February Start of online course on shale gas and fracking Film screeings Public meetings Infrastructure Bill next discussed in parliament Guardian discussion Global divestment in fossil fuels event
Ineos director supports Scots fracking moratorium
Tom Crotty, director of the giant chemical company, Ineos, welcomed the moratorium on planning consents for fracking in Scotland, announced by the Scottish Government on Wednesday.
UKOG’s Lenigas says hiring US specialist is “big news for Horse Hill”
The onshore oil and gas company, UKOG, announced today it is hiring a US specialist to assess the results from the Horse Hill well drilled last year near Horley in Surrey.
Reaction to delay of Fylde fracking decision
This afternoon Lancashire County Council’s development control committee decided to delay a decision on Cuadrilla’s planning applications to drill and frack up to eight wells near Blackpool. The company had requested a deferral after planning officers recommended refusal of the applications for sites at Preston New Road and Rosacre Wood. Report […]
Scottish Government announces moratorium on fracking planning permissions
Scotland’s SNP Government announced a moratorium this afternoon on the granting of planning permissions for all unconventional oil and gas developments, including fracking.
Cuadrilla’s Fylde fracking plans come before Lancashire councillors today
Cuadrilla’s plans to frack for gas in the Fylde area of Lancashire come before county councillors in Preston later this morning.
Reaction to yesterday’s fracking votes in Infrastructure Bill debate
Yesterday (26/1/15) MPs voted on fracking in parliament for the first time. They discussed clauses to ban, temporarily halt and control fracking during the Report Stage of the Infrastructure Bill. The Bill includes Government measures to give companies a right to drill or leave substances underground without the […]
Two Lancs Tories joined MPs voting for a fracking moratorium
Two Conservative MPs representing the area of Lancashire where Cuadrilla wants to frack voted in favour of a moratorium this evening. The list of MPs who voted for a fracking moratorium during the Third Reading debate of the Infrastructure Bill also included 20 Labour members and four other […]
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