2018 onshore oil production down – under 2% of UK total
UK onshore oil production fell to a seven-year low in 2018, according to official data.
Campaigner questions “gold standard” regulation after safety failings at drill site
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
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
Nottinghamshire planners are supporting proposals to drill for gas from an abandoned colliery near Rufford Abbey.
Third eviction of drill site protest camp
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
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
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
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
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
Deliveries to Rathlin Energy’s East Yorkshire oil and gas exploration site were prevented by protests for a second day this week.
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