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10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it

Minister responds to council fracking questions

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 3, 2026

N Yorks Council “burying its head in the sand” over Burniston gas plan complaints

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 2, 2026

Planners accused of “misleading” report on Burniston fracking gas plan

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 26, 2026

Breaking: Minister declines to decide Burniston gas plan

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 26, 2026

Don’t reverse Finch ruling, PM urged

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 23, 2026

Lapsed Balcombe well test: Angus Energy to “submit new planning application”

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 19, 2026

UPDATED: COP26 host city criticised for fossil fuel investment policy

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 6, 2021 • ( 19 Comments )

The city that will host an international climate conference later this year, will invest hundreds of millions of pounds in fossil fuels indefinitely under a new policy, environmental campaigners said today.

Latest UK onshore oil production data: May 2021

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 6, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

UK onshore oil production on all measures rose in May 2021 compared with previous months but it failed to return to the level of the start of the year.

Villagers stage “dirty duck race” as 1,200+ oppose Biscathorpe oil drilling

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 4, 2021 • ( 4 Comments )

People from Donington on Bain in Lincolnshire adapted a local tradition of a duck race on a protected chalk stream to highlight concerns about nearby oil production plans.

September 2021 headlines

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 3, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Keep up with September 2021’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.

IGas seeks planning approval for Surrey hydrogen schemes

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 1, 2021 • ( 9 Comments )

IGas confirmed this morning it had submitted planning applications for two hydrogen schemes at gas sites in Surrey.

Formation damage reported at West Newton-B well

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 31, 2021 • ( 9 Comments )

Suspected damage to the target formation at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton-B site in East Yorkshire is limiting hydrocarbon flow, two of the partners said this morning.

No way forward for fracking two years after 2.9ML earthquake

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 27, 2021 • ( 26 Comments )

Two years after the UK’s strongest fracking-induced earthquake, there’s no agreement on how to manage shale gas risks, an exploration company said today.

Wytch Farm operator loses £101m+

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 26, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

The UK’s largest producing onshore oil producer lost more than £100m last year, according to company accounts.

Wressle flow test tops 500 barrels of oil per day

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 24, 2021 • ( 3 Comments )

Tests at the Wressle oil site in North Lincolnshire have exceeded flow rates of 500 barrels of oil per day, the operator, Egdon Resources said this morning.

Climate protest begins in London against investment in fossil fuels

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 23, 2021 • ( 15 Comments )

Extinction Rebellion installed a huge pink table in central London at the start of two weeks of protest demanding the UK government stop investment in fossil fuels.

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