Planners recommend IGas monitoring boreholes for Misson shale site
Councillors are being recommended to approve IGas’s plan for up to 12 groundwater monitoring boreholes at a proposed shale gas site in north Nottinghamshire.
Third Energy advert not misleading, watchdog rules
An anti-fracking campaigner has failed in an attempt to censure Third Energy over claims about its history in Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
Anti-fracking campaigners and IGas agree: Shropshire CBM not worth exploiting
Coal bed methane exploitation in north Shropshire now looks unlikely after it emerged that geologists working for IGas came to the same conclusion as an anti-fracking group – that it is not commercially viable.
Fracking by numbers: figures from the new oil and gas licences
DrillOrDrop has been looking in more detail at the information on new oil and gas licences released by the Oil and Gas Authority yesterday. 112 wells planned in new licence areas England is likely to see at least 112 oil and gas wells drilled in newly licensed areas […]
Government ruling on fracking appeals “inappropriate” – Lancashire County Council
Councillors in Lancashire have urged the local government secretary, Greg Clark, to take no part in the decision on planning appeals over fracking in the county.
Who’s got an oil and gas licence in your area?
We’ve compiled a list to show which companies have been granted oil and gas exploration licences and where they are. The licences were confirmed by the Oil and Gas Authority today (17th December 2015) and cover England only.
Bassetlaw planners recommend no objection to shale gas plan – but opponents say scheme is flawed
Councillors in north Nottinghamshire are being advised not to object to a plan by IGas for shale exploration at Misson in Bassetlaw. But a new report opposing the scheme has said it is flawed and puts drinking water at risk.
Council accused of conflict of interest over pension fund investments
North Yorkshire County Council, which will decide a planning application next year for hydraulic fracturing, has defended pension fund investments in the fossil fuel industry.
Pictures of flooded CBM site approved by Swansea council
The site for a proposed coal bed methane exploration borehole at Bryntywod near Llangyfelach, photographed this morning during a visit by members of Swansea Council’s planning committee.
Formal complaint over council meeting on CBM plans
Residents of a small village near Swansea are to make a formal complaint about how councillors decided a planning application for coal bed methane exploration near their homes.
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