In this guest post, Frank Colenso explains how a legal opinion has challenged the shale gas industry’s claim that it has power to access private land for exploration. The industry has simply been bluffing, he argues.
The government has no plans to extend the moratorium on fracking to other forms of well stimulation, correspondence has revealed.
Rathlin Energy reported this morning that work had begun on constructing the access to its new oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Complex geology in one of the UK’s leading shale gas regions places a major constraint on exploration and production, scientists have concluded.
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Angus Energy announced this morning it expected to submit a planning application next week for onsite gas processing at its Saltfleetby field in Lincolnshire.
Two UK onshore companies announced today they were temporarily shutting-in some sites to cut production following falling oil and gas prices
Angus Energy reported this morning it has withdrawn a planning application to test its oil well at Balcombe in West Sussex.
Plans by IGas to drill and frack for shale gas on Ince Marshes in Cheshire appear to have been shelved.
A bid by UK Oil & Gas plc to extend the life of its site at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex will now not be decided until at least July.
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