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DRILL OR DROP?

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

What to watch in 2026?

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 31, 2025

Disappointment over “lack of progress” on decommissioning Cuadrilla’s fracking site

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 3, 2024

People living near Cuadrilla’s mothballed fracking site in Lancashire say they are disappointed about the lack of progress on plugging and abandoning the wells and returning the land to farming.

Updated: UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – April 2024

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 1, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Production fell at Wressle, the UK’s newest onshore oil producer, but rose at Saltfleetby, the country’s largest onshore gas producer.

Key messages from today’s Supreme Court judgement

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 20, 2024

Today’s judgement in the challenge against oil production at Horse Hill has clarified the law on what must be considered when councils decide on fossil fuel planning applications.

“Historic win will make future fossil fuel projects harder” – campaigners celebrate Supreme Court climate win

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 20, 2024

New oil and gas projects will be more difficult, campaigners said today, following a landmark win at the Supreme Court.

Horse Hill developer seeks to restore planning consent after Supreme Court’s “perplexing judgement”

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 20, 2024

The developer of the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey said it was working to restore planning permission following this morning’s decision by the UK’s highest court.  

Breaking: Supreme Court allows landmark challenge on climate impact of onshore oil

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 20, 2024

Campaigners have won a pivotal legal challenge at UK’s highest court on the climate impact of fossil fuels.

Cuadrilla’s progress report on mothballed frack site is late again

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 20, 2024

A progress report on decommissioning Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire is late, for the second time.

West Newton: Delays and missed deadlines

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 18, 2024

Analysis by DrillOrDrop reveals that the West Newton oil and gas field in East Yorkshire has seen more than 15 years of delays, missed deadlines and changing plans.

Campaigners win legal challenge against gas caverns

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 17, 2024

Campaigners opposed to proposals for huge gas storage caverns under Larne Lough in Northern Ireland have won their latest legal challenge.

January 2025 date for Balcombe well test challenge

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 17, 2024

The latest legal challenge against testing an exploratory oil well at Balcombe in West Sussex will be heard in January 2025.

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