2017 in pictures – May
Our review of 2017 reaches May, with protests near Blackpool, Chesterfield, Dorking and Edinburgh, plus the arrival of equipment at a drilling site in West Sussex.
2017 in pictures – April
We’ve now reached April in our photo review of 2017.
UKOG Broadford Bridge update: “unproductive” section, plans for new sites, extended flow test consent and new analysis
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
It’s day three of our review of 2017 in pictures and we’re looking back to March.
2017 in pictures – February
On day two of our review of the images of 2017 we look back to February 2017.
2017 in pictures – January
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
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
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
Thank you for supporting independent journalism during 2017. DrillOrDrop wishes a very happy Christmas to all our readers and contributors.
Review of 2017
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.
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