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10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it

National park gas plan would have “significant environmental impacts” – ruling

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 8, 2026

Councillors back Burniston delay but company urges timely decision

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 7, 2026

Star Energy seeks more time to restore Egmanton oilfield

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 6, 2026

2026 headlines

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 5, 2026

Who drilled where in 2025?

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 1, 2026

What to watch in 2026?

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 31, 2025

Campaigner questions “gold standard” regulation after safety failings at drill site

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 17, 2019 • ( 13 Comments )

Staff working for one of the leading contractors in the UK onshore oil and gas industry breached health and safety regulations and failed to follow best practice during a single routine task, the industry regulator has concluded.

Photo post: Equipment leaves Cuadrilla’s fracking site

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 17, 2019 • ( 16 Comments )

Lorries have been taking equipment off Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool over the past two days.

Officials back mine gas scheme near historic gardens

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 17, 2019 • ( 17 Comments )

Nottinghamshire planners are supporting proposals to drill for gas from an abandoned colliery near Rufford Abbey.

Third eviction of drill site protest camp

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 16, 2019 • ( 24 Comments )

A road-side camp used to monitor operations at an oil and gas site north of Hull was evicted for the third time today.

Two oil companies pull out of Weald licence

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 16, 2019 • ( 7 Comments )

UK Oil & Gas plc has acquired the interests of two companies in the Holmwood exploration licence, south of Dorking in Surrey.

Anti-fracking protest blocks Manchester supply company

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 15, 2019 • ( 65 Comments )

Two campaigners locked themselves together in a protest outside an industrial cleaning company early this morning.

Regulators accused of “extraordinary hands-off” approach to South Downs oil well

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 12, 2019 • ( 32 Comments )

An oil exploration well in one of the most sensitive parts of the country has lacked scrutiny because of legal loopholes.

No guarantor for Third Energy’s fracking and drilling plans

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 11, 2019 • ( 5 Comments )

The government has confirmed that no guarantor is required to underwrite Third Energy’s commitments to frack one well a year in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, until 2022.

8-hour lock-on protest blocks deliveries to West Newton well site

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 10, 2019 • ( 25 Comments )

Deliveries to Rathlin Energy’s East Yorkshire oil and gas exploration site were prevented by protests for a second day this week.

Lorry protest as Rathlin delivers drilling rig to East Yorkshire exploration site

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 8, 2019 • ( 12 Comments )

A woman campaigner has climbed on top of drilling equipment on its way to an oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.

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