Category: Regulation

Reporting of the regulation of the shale oil and gas and hydraulic fracturing industry, including planning permissions and permits

Objections to Isle of Wight drilling top 670 in 17 days

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 15, 2020 • ( 10 Comments )

A group opposed to plans to drill for oil on the Isle of Wight said its campaign had been boosted by more than 670 objections in 17 days.

Campaigners complain to MP as council stands firm on committee lockdown rules

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Opponents of fracking near Formby are seeking help from their MP to overturn Covid-19 lockdown arrangements at a council meeting.

Council votes to extend life of Ryedale gas fields to 2035

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 9, 2020 • ( 11 Comments )

Third Energy’s Ryedale gas fields can continue working until 2035, councillors in North Yorkshire unanimously agreed today, despite hearing that the most recent “meaningful production” at some sites was in 2012.

Planners back five more years at Cuadrilla’s suspended gas site

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 7, 2020 • ( 25 Comments )

Cuadrilla should be allowed to keep its long-standing Elswick gas production site, Lancashire planners said today, even though there’s been no extraction for more than seven years.

Breaking: Broadford Bridge oil site gets two more years – live news updates

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 7, 2020 • ( 8 Comments )

Broadford Bridge exploration site. Photo: Broadford Bridge Action Group Councillors in West Sussex have voted by 10-1 to allow another two years at the oil exploration site at Broadford Bridge.