July 2015
Fracking safe only with highest drilling standards and rigorous monitoring – Task Force reports
Cuadrilla hits out at “scaremongering” and “polluting propaganda” of anti-fracking campaigners
Multiple failings with Third Energy’s fracking application revealed
Shale will save the UK from becoming world theme park – Ineos
Guest Post: Fossil fuel firms accused of failing to report climate risks
Lenigas steps down from board as UKOG expands interests in southern England
Trust, communication and monitoring: key issues for fracking conference
June 2015
Posts from Lancashire County Council decisions on Cuadrilla planning applications: see Regulation
IGas accounts show losses but company ready to submit drilling bid
Horse Hill: another report, another estimate of oil in play
Dart Energy fails to block cross-examination by Dudleston campaigners at planning inquiry
Inquiry into Europa’s Surrey Hills drilling plan hears final arguments
Third Energy withdraws application to frack in Ryedale
Guest Post: Ex-oil man explains why he reported anti-fracking leaflets
GMB union votes on “moral duty” to frack for UK shale gas
Gatwick oil find could be 70% higher than thought – not good news say Friends of the Earth
Dudleston CBM appeal upgraded to inquiry, again
Lancashire shale gas supporters launch publicity campaign’ opponents describe it as “offensive”
May 2015
Campaigners take action as IGas finds new fracking site in Nottinghamshire
Celtique and Magellan in legal dispute over Broadford Bridge exploratory well
Third Energy due to submit Yorkshire fracking plans this week – campaigners “very disappointed”
Andrew Austin quits IGas as company cuts 25% of workforce
Does Rathlin Energy have enough time to test and drill at Crawberry Hill?
Investigation finds multiple planning breaches and technical problems at Cuadrilla’s drilling sites
Hunters shot geese on fracking company’s wildfowl refuge
Oil well in Surrey Hills AONB could be UK’s fifth onshore producer
April 2015
Council failed to check traffic plan for Europa’s Surrey oil drilling site – inquiry inspector
David Lenigas promises Horse Hill flow testing in 2015 – campaigners predict opposition
I’m not confident traffic management would work – Inspector at Surrey Hills oil drilling inquiry
Seven-year-old scheme for Surrey oil well can’t estimate total lorry movements – inquiry hears
Leith Hill drill site’s risk to water supply “essentially zero” inquiry told
Horse Hill oil site operator applies for licence extension
Oil in the Surrey Hills could raise £86m in tax, Europa tells inquiry
Oil company refuses to rule out production from proposed Leith Hill exploration site
Chance of finding oil at Leith Hill drilling site abotu 30%, planning inquiry hears
March 2015
Rathlin blamed in consultation for bangs, smells and traffic
Government dismisses call for independent oversight of shale gas
Up to 50 wells for Ryedale, Third Energy tells MPs
Planning inspectorate listens to local people on Dudleston appeal
Nothing will get done if every second thing is checked by regulator – Egan tells MPs
INEOS increases shale interests under agreement with IGas
Court hears evidence of “dangerous” levels of contamination next to Barton Moss drilling site
Don’t be rude about the public, shale conference told
INEOS sets out plans for central Scotland
Suitable drilling sites and complex geology will constrain UK shale industry – conference hears
UK won’t see US-style shale production – conference hears
Who’s drilling where? Spring update on drilling, permissions, companies and consultations
In their words: five speeches on Cuadrila’s Lancashire monitoring site
February 2015
Cuadrilla “perplexed and disappointed” over refusal of seismic testing application
Lancs rejects Cuadrilla’s seismic testing plans
Cuadrilla banks on low return of flowback for Lancs wells
“Lip-licking” volumes of shale gas in the UK but no full scale production likely until 2020 – IGas
Public acceptance of oil and gas industry vital – industry head
Thoughts of a would-be fracker
Investigation underway into more permit breaches at Rathlin energy’s West Newton site
Shropshire Tories oppose Dart’s coal bed methane plans again
Infrastructure Bill becomes an Act – what’s finally in it and what do people think about it?
Guest Post: Balcombe and Beyond – the story of the UK frack free movement
Shale gas: golden goose or expensive short-term hit?
Campaign group calls for freeze on Rathlin’s operation
Cuadrilla gets permit for proposed fracking site at Roseacre Wood
12-week deadline set for decision on Lancashire fracking applications
Investigation: what went wrong at West Newton
Shale support and opposition fall in latest survey
Horse Hill well challenges current thinking on shale in the Weald, CEO tells investors
Shropshire Council loses chance to decide on Dart’s Dudleston Heath CBM application
January 2015
January fracking timeline – digest of the month’s headlines
Ineos director supports Scots moratorium on fracking applications
UKOG’s Lenigas says hiring US firm is “big news” for Horse Hill
Lancashire County Council votes to defer Cuadrilla’s fracking applications
Reaction to votes on fracking clauses in Infrastructure Bill
Environmental Audit Committee calls for a moratorium on fracking on climate and environmental grounds + reaction
Crunch week ahead for fracking
Cuadrilla seeks to delay planning decision on Fylde fracking applications
Cuadrilla fracking plans – reaction to refusal recommendation
Why Lancs planners recommend refusal of Cuadrilla’s fracking applications
MPs hear doubts over government shale gas policy
Head of shale gas task force calls for government openness on fracking
Written evidence to fracking risks inquiry – who said what
New report on unburnable fossil fuels – what and where
Guest post: Is US fracking facing a crisis?
New stage in six-year planning battle over oil drilling in the Surrey hills
What to watch in 2015 – key events and announcements to look out for
December 2014 fracking timeline
December 2014
South Downs oil well faces plugging if new owner not found
Guest post: Language, argument and science in the fracking debate
Small companies fear they will will be squeezed out of shale in UK
Reaction to Autumn Statement plans for shale gas
Who is winning the fracking argument?
“Glacially-slow” – state of the shale industry
Decision dates set for Cuadrilla Lancashire planning decisions
November 2014
Quick reference guide to studies on fracking and onshore oil/gas published in October and November
Lancashire County Council announces new consultation and delay on Cuadrilla’s fracking plans
Headlines and transcripts from fracking debate at Canterbury Christ Church University
Reaction to Ineos announcement
Government to review fracking regulation on earthquakes
Shale industry misses public Q+A deadline by 38 days
IGas says shares disclosure was legal
Horse Hill well set for testing next year and hydrocarbons found in Kimmeridge Clay
Fracker says UK energy policy is unachievable and gas will be a 100-year bridge fuel
Rathlin submits initial plans for third well in East Yorkshire
Cuadrilla says fracking will not “adversely impact” on public health – response to Lancashire report
Quash Cuadrilla’s Balcombe planning permission, villagers’ lawyer tells judicial review
Catch up on October headlines on fracking and onshore oil and gas
October 2014
Cuadrilla’s fracking plans for Fylde already causing anxiety and stress, report reveals
Pro-fracking commentator bids for three London drilling licences
IGas reveals new drilling plans for South Downs National Park
Green groups call for action to make companies pay for pollution from old wells
Council needs more time to decide Cuadrilla’s Fylde planning applications
Autumn update of onshore oil and gas plans, permissions and permits
Celtique Energie appeals against planning refusal at Wisborough Green/Kirdford Reaction
Cuadrilla welcomes court decision on costs and injunction
Cuadrilla injunction case designed to “stop the exercise of human rights”
Cuadrilla injunction granted but judge rejects £54,000 costs claim
Cuadrilla injunction case against Fylde anti-fracking campaigners resumes
Horse Hill Developments predict £2b worth of gas and oil from Horley site – and promise no fracking
Oil find and protest picnic at Horse Hill drilling site, nr Horley
DECC appoints supporter of fracking as new Chief Scientific Advisor
Catch up on September headlines
September 2014
Ineos warned over shale payments. Other reports from ESGOS conference
Opposition steps up campaign over Surrey drill site
Ineos fracking royalty deal doesn’t address liabilty issues – Country Landowners
Reaction to Government plans to go ahead with trespass law change
Government confirms change to trespass laws, despite 99%+ opposition from consultation
IGas/Dart merger to go ahead before conclusion of UK competition investigation
Environment Agency examines Rathlin Energy’s new procedures at West Newton drilling site
Magellan confirms drilling is underway at Horse Hill 1 well near Horley in Surrey
Celtique Energie begins preparation begins on Broadford Bridge drilling site
UKOOG launches Let’s Talk About Shale website and invites the public to put questions about fracking
Celtique Energie response to recommended refusal of Fernhouse planning application
Breaking: Planners recommend refusal of Fernhurst drilling plans
August 2014
Decision date set for Celtique Energie’s drilling application for Fernhurst
New opinion survey claims 57% support for fracking
July 2014
What Francis told Radio 4 about fracking and methane emissions, water use, contamination and jobs?
BBC reveals how it tried to get oil companies and politicians to join Fernhurst fracking debate
Celtique Energie seeks postponement of decision on Kirdford/Wisborough Green drilling plans
“We need to frack” letter is genuine – Cuadrilla responds to Balcombe
London fracking debate cancelled as pro-frackers turn down another invitation to talk
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