DRILL OR DROP?

UKOG calls meeting to approve share issue for Turkish operations

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 21, 2021 • ( 22 Comments )

The weald-based drilling company, UK Oil & Gas, is seeking support for a share issue to fund new drilling in Turkey.

Alba cuts value of Horse Hill stake by a quarter

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 20, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Alba Minerals has downgraded the value of its investment in the Horse Hill oil field in Surrey by more than £1.43m.

EA defends permit change at East Yorkshire wellsite

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 20, 2021 • ( 6 Comments )

The Environment Agency has defended the way it approved changes to the rules governing an oil site in East Yorkshire.

More delay on ministerial ruling on West Newton A wellsite

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 20, 2021 • ( 5 Comments )

The local government secretary needs more time to decide whether expansion plans at an oil site in East Yorkshire need a detailed environmental study.

Call for suspension of permit changes at East Yorkshire wellsite

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 18, 2021 • ( 5 Comments )

New rules at an East Yorkshire oil and gas site should be suspended because of alleged inconsistencies by the environmental regulator, a resident has argued.

No new oil and gas projects if world is to reach climate goals – IEA report

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 18, 2021 • ( 20 Comments )

Development of new oil and gas fields must stop this year if the world is to meet its goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the leading energy organisation has said.

Consent for Wressle proppant squeeze

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 18, 2021 • ( 8 Comments )

Union Jack Oil announced this morning that the proppant squeeze planned for the Wressle oil well in North Lincolnshire had been approved.

Wressle proppant squeeze still awaiting consent but West Newton well tests imminent – Union Jack

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 17, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Final consent had not yet been granted for the stimulation of the Wressle oil well in North Lincolnshire, Union Jack Oil confirmed today. But the company announced that tests on wells at two West Newton sites in East Yorkshire were expected soon.