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

New ground added to West Newton fracking challenge

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 5, 2026

Shrinking assets and cash – UKOG delayed accounts

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 5, 2026

UKOG submits new Horse Hill application

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 5, 2026

Angus seeks consent to store flammable liquids at Saltfleetby

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 30, 2026

Star Energy update: revenue and production fall in 2025 plus share placing

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 30, 2026

Rathlin Energy founder quits

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 29, 2026

Cuadrilla’s partner reveals strategies to deal with fracking earth tremors

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 29, 2018 • ( 148 Comments )

The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, is to allow more fluid to come back to the surface after fracking, in an attempt to tackle the problem of earth tremors. It will also seek to raise the threshold on the magnitude of tremors at which fracking must stop.

Court challenge to Cuadrilla’s fracking site permit

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 29, 2018 • ( 24 Comments )

Friends of the Earth is going to the High Court this morning to challenge a key consent which allows Cuadrilla to drill and frack for shale gas near Blackpool.

Protest policing at Lancashire fracking site has “irreparably damaged community relations”, senior officer told

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 28, 2018 • ( 65 Comments )

Regular protesters at Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool have told Lancashire Police they no longer have any confidence in the force or its procedures.

Egdon to appeal after third bid for oil production at Wressle refused

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 28, 2018 • ( 52 Comments )

For the third time in under two years, councillors have thrown out plans for long-term oil production at the Wressle site near Scunthorpe. 

Breaking: Permission refused again for Egdon’s Wressle oil production scheme

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 28, 2018 • ( 39 Comments )

This post has live updates from the meeting of North Lincolnshire Council discussing Egdon Resources’ proposal for long-term oil production at the Wressle site near Scunthorpe.

Picture post: IGas announces spud of Tinker Lane shale gas well after 80+ hour protest

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 27, 2018 • ( 82 Comments )

The shale gas company, IGas, announced this morning it had begun drilling its well at Tinker Lane near Blyth in north Nottinghamshire.

Angus faces new controls over gas, acid and reinjection at Brockham oil site

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 26, 2018 • ( 58 Comments )

Updated  27/11/2018 New rules came into force today which could delay production from the Kimmeridge oil well at Angus Energy’s site at Brockham in Surrey.

Final weeks of consultation on Scottish government policy against fracking

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 24, 2018 • ( 67 Comments )

  People have three more weeks to give their views on the Scottish government’s policy not to support fracking.

Residents report work underway to abandon Markwells Wood oil site in South Downs

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 23, 2018 • ( 24 Comments )

A residents’ group in the South Downs is reporting that UK Oil & Gas is pulling out of its exploration site at Markwells Wood.

Surrey earthquakes: no link to oil and gas sites, says report, but one expert disagrees

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 22, 2018 • ( 71 Comments )

A report on the swarm of earthquakes in Surrey earlier this year finds no evidence they were triggered by oil and gas operations. But an academic who contributed to the official investigation into the cause of the quakes disagrees with the conclusion and critics of onshore drilling have […]

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