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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

Government sidesteps call for “urgent” debate on fracking and climate change

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 17, 2017 • ( 20 Comments )

Fracking Week in Parliament 13-17 November 2017. The Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, has called for an urgent debate on the compatibility of fracking with UK climate objectives.

£1.2m for councils dealing with shale planning applications

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 17, 2017 • ( 5 Comments )

Councils dealing with planning applications for shale gas developments were invited today to bid for a share of £1.2m.

Cuadrilla fracking protest trial – 12 guilty of obstruction but cleared on trades union charges

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 17, 2017 • ( 12 Comments )

12 people, including three councillors, have been found guilty of obstructing the highway after a lock-on protest outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in July. But they were cleared of trades union charges which can carry a more serious penalty.

Lidsey oil production flow rates below expectation – Angus statement

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 17, 2017 • ( 26 Comments )

Angus Energy has announced initial flow rates of 40 barrels of oil per day at its horizontal production well at Lidsey in West Sussex. Five months ago, Angus predicted a sustained 400 barrels a day at Lidsey (interview with IG Analysis). 

North Yorks council meeting shelved after protest over fracking question

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 15, 2017 • ( 11 Comments )

A North Yorkshire County Council meeting was suspended this morning when opponents of fracking demanded action to address concerns about imminent operations at a site near their homes.

Live updates: Egdon’s Wressle planning inquiry Day 6

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 15, 2017 • ( 16 Comments )

Live updates from the final scheduled day of the public inquiry into plans by Egdon Resources to produce oil from its site at Wressle in Lincolnshire.

UKOG announces £10m loan to fund Weald oil exploration

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 15, 2017 • ( 13 Comments )

The leading oil exploration company in the Weald in southern England announced this morning it had taken out a £10m loan.

Council ordered to release “strictest confidence” email on INEOS shale gas plans in N Yorkshire

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 15, 2017 • ( 20 Comments )

North Yorkshire County Council has been ordered to release correspondence about exploration plans by Britain’s biggest shale gas company.

Live updates: Egdon’s Wressle planning inquiry Day 5

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 14, 2017 • ( 8 Comments )

Live updates from day 5 of the public inquiry into plans by Egdon Resources to produce oil from its site at Wressle in Lincolnshire. Today’s session is expected to  hear the cross-examination of Egdon’s planning witness, Paul Foster. Egdon is appealing against refusals of planning permission by North Lincolnshire […]

Egdon seeks to reassure residents after challenges to Wressle oil production plans

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 13, 2017 • ( 7 Comments )

People living around the Wressle well site near Scunthorpe have received a detailed letter from the operator, Egdon Resources, as a public inquiry into oil production plans goes into its second week.

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