HSE responds to MPs on silica dust at fracking site
The UK’s health and safety watchdog has accepted it did not inspect the management of silica sand at Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool.
Campaigners seek fossil fuel whistle blowers
The campaign organisation, Extinction Rebellion, is targeting workers in the oil and gas industry to persuade them to blow the whistle on corporate greenwash.
Horse Hill scales back oil storage
The Horse Hill production site in Surrey has cut its planned capacity for crude oil storage by more than 80%.
MPs divided over protest policing bill
Opposition MPs have criticised government plans to give police greater powers to control protests as “draconian, undemocratic and disproportionate”.
Campaigner acquitted of trespass at Horse Hill oil site
An environmental campaigner who took part in a 12-hour protest on a rig platform at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey has been cleared of aggravated trespass.
Flow testing at West Newton-B due next month
Equipment to flow test a well at the West Newton-B oil site in East Yorkshire is due to be delivered in May 2021, it was announced this morning.
Wait for government ruling on environmental study for East Yorks oil site
Local councillors in East Yorkshire are still waiting for a government ruling on whether expansion plans at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton-A well site need detailed environment research.
Companies join research on reusing shale gas boreholes
Shale gas companies are working with two British universities to investigate whether UK boreholes could be turned into deep science laboratories.
Horse Hill is a “talented but troublesome teenager”, says UKOG as it goes into the red
The Horse Hill oil field in Surrey, once described by its owner as world class, was likened today to a “talented but troublesome teenager”.
Scaled-back UKOG protest injunction heads to trial after more than three years
A temporary injunction against protests granted to an oil company could be made permanent within weeks – but in a radically-reduced form from the original.
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