Who pays for clean-ups and decommissioning if an onshore operator goes bust? It’s a question that is concerning MPs and landowners. In this guest post, researcher and anti-fracking campaigner, Ben Dean, looks at the rules for decommissioning and argues for tougher controls.
Updated 13 May 2019 A protest outside an oil and gas exploration site at West Newton, north of Hull, has entered its third day.
All information on activity at a Surrey oil well should be published following another local earth tremor, residents and a community group have said.
Results from the latest government survey on fracking shows that public opposition has risen to its highest level so far and support dropped to a record low.
Updated 12.35pm, 10 May 2019 Opponents of oil and gas exploration at Rathlin Energy’s site at West Newton, north of Hull, have been protesting outside the the entrance for more than 30 hours.
Two years ago today, Ineos Upstream, the UK’s biggest shale gas licence-holder, submitted its first formal plans for an exploration site.
Egdon Resources has applied to increase noise limits and extend working hours at its exploratory oil site at North Kelsey in Lincolnshire.
Britain’s biggest shale gas company told officials it needed more time to carry out agreed work on a drilling licence in Greater Manchester.
The government appears to be standing firm against industry pressure for a review of the regulations on earth tremors caused by fracking.
2 May 2019: Stage 1 Doncaster-Selby Members of Team Ineos were cheered and jeered at the start of the Tour de Yorkshire this morning.
DRILL OR DROP? 