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DRILL OR DROP?

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

Happy Christmas 2025 from DrillOrDrop

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 24, 2025

Call for delay to Burniston gas decision over planning policy shift

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 22, 2025

Government to rule on Waddock Cross environmental study

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 18, 2025

Horse Hill – key details delayed

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 17, 2025

Breaking: Oil companies drop Biscathorpe appeal

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 15, 2025

UKOG reveals reasons for Weald licence surrender

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 12, 2025

UKOG Broadford Bridge update: “unproductive” section, plans for new sites, extended flow test consent and new analysis

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 27, 2017 • ( 17 Comments )

UK Oil and Gas has announced that a section of the reservoir at its Broadford Bridge oil well in West Sussex is “unproductive” because of low permeability.

2017 in pictures – March

By Paul Seaman on December 27, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

It’s day three of our review of 2017 in pictures and we’re looking back to March. 

2017 in pictures – February

By Paul Seaman on December 26, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

On day two of our review of the images of 2017 we look back to February 2017.

2017 in pictures – January

By Paul Seaman on December 25, 2017 • ( 5 Comments )

During the Christmas period, DrillOrDrop is looking back over 2017 through a collection of photographs. Each day, starting today with January, we’ll be publishing images from the 12 months of the past year.

Residents call time on oil company’s flow test at Broadford Bridge

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 24, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Volunteers with gardening tools gathered outside the Broadford Bridge oil exploration site in West Sussex yesterday (Saturday 23 December) to mark what they said should have been the end of flow-testing.

Government points to planning change for major shale applications

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 24, 2017 • ( 22 Comments )

  Fracking Week in Parliament A senior member of the government has flagged up plans to take major shale gas decisions out of local council control.

Happy Christmas from DrillOrDrop

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 24, 2017 • ( 9 Comments )

Thank you for supporting independent journalism during 2017. DrillOrDrop wishes a very happy Christmas to all our readers and contributors.

Review of 2017

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 23, 2017 • ( 8 Comments )

2017 saw drilling get underway at the site of the UK’s first horizontal shale gas wells. But, despite expectations, there was no high volume hydraulic fracturing – at least at the time of writing.

Survey to test oil and gas company consultations with residents

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 22, 2017 • ( 4 Comments )

New research aims to test how good oil and gas companies have been in consulting with local people in south east England.

INEOS injunction judge rules against appeal – campaigners say the fight goes on

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 21, 2017 • ( 16 Comments )

Two campaigners have vowed to continue their fight against the injunction granted to INEOS Upstream over anti-fracking protests.

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