Reporting of the regulation of the shale oil and gas and hydraulic fracturing industry, including planning permissions and permits
Live updates from Surrey County Council planning meeting to discuss plans to drill two new wells at the Horse Hill oil exploration site and test these and the existing well. These reports have been made possible by individual donations to DrillOrDrop.
Live updates from Surrey County Council’s planning committee to discuss an application by Europa Oil and Gas for security fencing, buildings and equipment at its exploration site at Bury Hill Wood, near Leith Hill. This report has been made possible by individual donations to DrillOrDrop
Live updates from Surrey County Council’s planning committee to discuss a Traffic Management Plan and security fencing for Europa’s oil exploration site at Bury Hill Wood, near Leith Hill. This report has been made possible by individual donations to DrillOrDrop Images from Surrey County Council webcast of meeting
Opponents of oil exploration plans near Leith Hill in Surrey are taking part in a silent protest because they say their voices aren’t being heard on traffic arrangements.
A shale gas company seeking to do tests on council land will have waited at least a year by the time it gets a decision.
The Environment Agency announced this afternoon it has approved Third Energy’s hydraulic fracturing plan for the Kirby Misperton site in North Yorkshire.
The public inquiry to decide whether to grant planning permission for fracking at a second site in Lancashire will reopen in April 2018.
As Third Energy prepares for high volume hydraulic fracturing in North Yorkshire – the first in the UK for more than six years – campaigners Jon and Val Mager argue there are serious flaws in the regulatory regime.
The oil company, Angus Energy, faced criticism this morning from county councillors in Surrey over its operations at the Brockham oil site near Dorking.
Angus Energy did not have permission to drill a new sidetrack at Brockham in Surrey and does not have consent for production, the county council has told an industry regulator.
