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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

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Ryedale residents wait in the dark as councillors reject expert help on setting fracking strategy

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 11, 2018 • ( 37 Comments )

Councillors in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, have rejected proposals to employ a specialist to represent them at a hearing that will decide the area’s fracking policy for the next 20 years.

Breaking: Residents claim victory in challenge over Europa’s fencing plans at Leith Hill oil site

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 11, 2018 • ( 18 Comments )

  A residents’ group claimed victory tonight in its legal challenge over security fencing at Europa’s oil site near Leith Hill in Surrey – before the case even got to court.

Dates set for trials in Kirby Misperton fracking protest cases

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 11, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Some of the first trials arising out of anti-fracking protests outside Third Energy’s fracking site in North Yorkshire are to go ahead in the spring.

Oil and gas industry is driving rise in global methane levels – new research

By Paul Seaman on January 11, 2018 • ( 21 Comments )

A new study, led by scientists from NASA, has shown that rising emissions from the oil and gas industry are mainly responsible for the increase in methane in the atmosphere. After remaining fairly stable around the year 2000, atmospheric methane levels began rising in 2006. This rise could […]

Update on Europa’s drilling plans near Leith Hill: new consultation, permit petition and extended injunction

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 11, 2018 • ( 7 Comments )

A new year and a new public consultation is underway in the long-running attempt by Europa to explore for oil near Leith Hill in Surrey.

Lancashire fracking protest arrests: 2017 data shows most were in the summer and for highway obstruction

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 10, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

Almost half the arrests at protests outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in 2017 were for obstructing the highway, according to data from Lancashire Police.

240+ households share Cuadrilla’s shale gas community payment

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 10, 2018 • ( 28 Comments )

Cuadrilla said this morning more than 240 households living near its Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool have received a share of a £100,000 community benefit payment.

Two Lancashire Tory MPs object to Cuadrilla’s revised plans for fracking at Roseacre Wood

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 10, 2018 • ( 19 Comments )

Two Conservative MPs in Lancashire are objecting to Cuadrilla’s updated traffic plans for another fracking site near Blackpool.

2,200+ objections to IGas plans to test Ellesmere Port well as decision date approaches

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 9, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

Opponents of plans by IGas to test its well at Ellesmere Port say more than 2,200 people have objected to the scheme, due to be decided later this month.

INEOS Shale seeks to challenge Scottish fracking ban in the courts – “predictable and desperate” say opponents

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 9, 2018 • ( 31 Comments )

INEOS Shale announced today it has lodged a petition to challenge the Scottish Government’s decision to “effectively ban” onshore unconventional oil and gas extraction.

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