Two more Surrey earthquakes – second oil company says it’s not to blame
The British Geological Survey confirmed there were two more small earthquakes in Surrey today – both in the same place as the previous cluster.
Oil company ordered to clear South Downs drilling site – again
Planners in the South Downs National Park have issued a second order to UK Oil and Gas to restore its site at Markwells Wood within six months.
UKOG announces early results from Horse Hill oil tests
The first tanker of oil from the latest operations at the Horse Hill exploration site near Gatwick Airport has been sent to a refinery, UK Oil and Gas announced today.
New Wressle application published with wrong location plan
The latest application by Egdon Resources for the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe has been published on the North Lincolnshire Council website. But a key document – one of the location plans – is for a site about 100 miles away.
Forest Enterprise boss refuses to meet residents and MEP at Surrey oil site
The head of Forest Enterprise in England has declined to meet Surrey residents and the local MEP to discuss concerns about oil drilling on the organisation’s land near Dorking.
Cuadrilla completes second shale gas well and prepares to frack as hosepipe ban is announced
Cuadrilla said this morning it had finished drilling the UK’s second horizontal shale gas well and would soon prepare for hydraulic fracturing at the site in Lancashire. The announcement coincided with news that a hose pipe ban for residents in the county would begin on 5 August.
What’s happening this week? 16-22 July 2018
In this week’s listings Court case in York of anti-fracking campaigner Meet the Regulators drop-in Lincolnshire Gatherings outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site Public meetings Information events Diary for all of July 2018 and beyond. Please let us know here if you’d like us to add your events or if any […]
Farmer joins National Trust as Ineos shale gas access case heads towards trial
A tenant farmer has joined the National Trust in its challenge to the shale gas company, Ineos, in a court case over land access.
Earthquake monitors installed in Surrey – welcomed by campaigners
The British Geological Survey has installed two seismic monitors in Surrey to track earthquakes following a recent cluster centred near Newdigate.
Legal precedent and costs are major hurdles to challenging fracking injunctions, campaigners say
Campaigners who failed to block an injunction against protests outside Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site said the fight was not over. But they said case law and the cost of legal action were major hurdles.
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