September 2021 headlines
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
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
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
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+
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
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
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.
XR campaigners block Fawley oil refinery
Climate campaigners blockaded an entrance to the UK’s largest oil refinery, at Fawley in Hampshire today.
Councils’ joint fight against Rathlin Energy expansion and production plan
East Yorkshire villages are to work together to oppose plans for expansion and production at an oil and gas site.
Head of hydrogen trade body quits over “expensive distraction” of blue hydrogen
The chair of the UK’s largest hydrogen association has resigned saying blue hydrogen risks locking the country into fossil fuels.
