This post has news updates from the opening session of the public inquiry into plans by UK Oil & Gas plc to drill exploratory gas wells near the village of Dunsfold in Surrey. The county council refused planning permission for the site, known as Loxley, in November 2020. […]
Nottinghamshire’s only remaining shale gas site has been ordered to be restored.
Carbon capture must be safe and effective in reducing CO2 emissions, members of the public have told the government.
Plans for a sidetrack well at the Saltfleetby gas site in Lincolnshire have got the go ahead.
Plans to drill for gas near the Surrey village of Dunsfold come under scrutiny at a public inquiry opening tomorrow (Tuesday 27 July 2021).
The licensing of thousands of square miles of English countryside for fracking five years ago has resulted in no wells and no oil or gas.
Nottinghamshire planners are recommending IGas should be given three more years to evaluate shale gas at a site near the village of Misson.
One of the backers of plans for long-term production in the Lincolnshire Wolds has said the carbon intensity of oil from the site would be below the UK onshore average.
More than 700 environmental organisations, climate campaigners, physicians and community groups are asking Ireland to introduce a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly to ban fracking.
The Conservative MP who represents Biscathorpe in Lincolnshire has objected to proposals by Egdon Resources for long-term oil production in the village.
DRILL OR DROP? 