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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

Guest Post by Lee Petts: A view from the well pad

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 9, 2017 • ( 27 Comments )

Yesterday Cuadrilla held another virtual tour of its Preston New Road shale gas site for online viewers (DrillOrDrop report). Lee Petts, environmental consultant and managing director of Remsol, recently had a real visit to the operation. In this guest post, he gives his impressions of the site near […]

Cuadrilla web Q & A dismisses fears about sour gas at Fylde fracking site

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 8, 2017 • ( 42 Comments )

The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has dismissed fears that shale gas in the Fylde area of Lancashire would contain large amounts of hydrogen sulphide, a hazardous gas associated with the smell of rotten eggs.

Derbyshire village votes ‘No’ in debate on the role of fracking in UK energy

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 8, 2017 • ( 28 Comments )

Fracking was rejected by the vast majority of people at a debate on its role in Britain’s energy mix. More than 150 people attended the event in a Derbyshire village near the county’s first proposed shale gas site.

Updated: Two campaigners seek appeals against INEOS fracking protest injunction

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 8, 2017 • ( 16 Comments )

Two anti-fracking campaigners are seeking appeals over the injunction granted to INEOS Shale against anti-fracking protests.

Council agrees £160,000 restoration fund for Kirby Misperton fracking site – “deeply worrying” say campaigners

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 8, 2017 • ( 10 Comments )

Opponents of Third Energy’s plans to frack in North Yorkshire have criticised a site restoration fund as inadequate.

Cuadrilla plans seismic testing near Preston New Road frack site

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 7, 2017 • ( 36 Comments )

The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, has announced plans to carry out seismic surveys in a field next to its Preston New Road site near Blackpool.

Court clears anti-fracking campaigners of aggravated trespass after protest at Derbyshire depot

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 6, 2017 • ( 8 Comments )

Charges of aggravated trespass have been dismissed against two anti-fracking campaigners at a trial in Chesterfield. Four other campaigners were acquitted of the same charges.

2017 – Help us build a year in pictures

By Paul Seaman on December 5, 2017 • ( 4 Comments )

DrillOrDrop needs your help to find the best images of 2017 that tell the story of fracking and onshore oil and gas. 

Guest Post by Paul Stafford: Free to Frack?

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 5, 2017 • ( 38 Comments )

The Infrastructure Act unexpectedly made news last week with the closure of a loophole on fracking consent. Fracking in the UK now looks unlikely in 2017. But 2018 could be very different, with fracking now expected at two sites and shale gas companies looking for new locations. In this guest […]

Update: Lock-on and lorry protest block entrance to Leith Hill oil site

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 4, 2017 • ( 23 Comments )

Opponents of drilling for oil near Leith Hill in Surrey have stopped a delivery to the site by blocking the entrance.

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