Northern Ireland to review onshore petroleum licencing
A wide-ranging review of the onshore petroleum licensing system in Northern Ireland is underway, the economy minister, Diane Dodds, said this afternoon.
Third Energy challenges order to plug and abandon its Ryedale gas wells
An official order could block plans by a former fracking company to use gas wells in North Yorkshire to test alternative technologies.
Brighton father pleads not guilty over Horse Hill oil rig protest
A management consultant from Brighton has denied aggravated trespass at a virtual court hearing following a 12-hour protest on the rig at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey.
Breaking: Activists occupy rig at Horse Hill oil site
Two fathers in their 50s have occupied the rig at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey this morning in protest at fossil extraction.
Dunsfold drilling decision delayed to November
A meeting to reconsider plans by UK Oil & Gas plc to drill at the village of Dunsfold in Surrey has been postponed for another month.
Renewables help Scotland head industrial nations in fall in greenhouse gas emissions – but future cuts will be “hard won”
The growth of low carbon electricity generation resulted in a drop in Scottish greenhouse gas emissions by almost a third in the decade to 2018, a new report revealed today.
“Substantial losses” at Horse Hill
The operator of the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey made “substantial losses”, its latest accounts have revealed.
Online art sale to raise money for legal challenge to oil drilling
Works by established artists have gone on sale to raise funds for a court case about production at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey.
Angus to quit Brockham if water reinjection not permitted
Angus Energy has said it will abandon the Brockham oil field in Surrey if it does not get permission to reinject waste water.
Judge dismisses challenge on decommissioning costs of Third Energy wells
An anti-fracking campaigner who argued that the cost of decommissioning Third Energy’s gas wells in North Yorkshire could fall on the taxpayer has lost his legal case. Eddie Thornton told the high court in July that the industry regulator, the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA,) had failed to […]
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