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“£1.9m investment commitment for West Newton” – Reabold

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 13, 2026

Horse Hill news update

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 11, 2026

Minister responds to council fracking questions

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 3, 2026

Europa shareholders back fundraising

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

UKOG share offer raises 10pc of target

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 27, 2021 • ( 19 Comments )

An UK Oil & Gas share offer has raised just a tenth of the target funds, the company has reported.

Updated: Reaction to Misson decision

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 27, 2021 • ( 9 Comments )

Opponents of shale gas have welcomed the refusal by Nottinghamshire County Council of an application by IGas for more time at its exploratory drilling site at Misson Springs. More details here.

UKOG tells inquiry the site of its proposed Loxley drilling site is not in a valued landscape

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 27, 2021 • ( 20 Comments )

This post has news updates from the afternoon of the opening day of the public inquiry into plans by UK Oil & Gas plc to drill exploratory gas wells near the village of Dunsfold in Surrey.

News updates: Loxley/Dunsfold drilling inquiry – Day 1 morning

By Paul Seaman on July 27, 2021 • ( 3 Comments )

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. […]

Breaking: IGas ordered to restore Misson shale gas site

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 27, 2021 • ( 6 Comments )

Nottinghamshire’s only remaining shale gas site has been ordered to be restored.

CCUS must be safe and it must work, ministers told

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 26, 2021 • ( 11 Comments )

Carbon capture must be safe and effective in reducing CO2 emissions, members of the public have told the government.

Saltfleetby sidetrack approved

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 26, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Plans for a sidetrack well at the Saltfleetby gas site in Lincolnshire have got the go ahead.

Dunsfold drilling inquiry – what to watch

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 26, 2021 • ( 11 Comments )

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 “energy revolution” that has produced no gas

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 20, 2021 • ( 73 Comments )

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.

Planners back more time for IGas shale site at Misson

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 20, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Nottinghamshire planners are recommending IGas should be given three more years to evaluate shale gas at a site near the village of Misson.

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