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.
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).
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 from the final scheduled day of the public inquiry into plans by Egdon Resources to produce oil from its site at Wressle in Lincolnshire.
The leading oil exploration company in the Weald in southern England announced this morning it had taken out a £10m loan.
North Yorkshire County Council has been ordered to release correspondence about exploration plans by Britain’s biggest shale gas company.
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 […]
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.
As Third Energy prepares for the UK’s first high volume hydraulic fracture for six years, nearly 200 organisations have called for an immediate stop on all fracking activities.
In this week’s listings Anti-fracking rally at Ellesmere Port; Continuing inquiry into Egdon Resources plans for Wressle site near Scunthorpe; Trial of 13 people who took part in a lock-on at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in July; Labour Party day of action outside Third Energy’s Kirby Misperton fracking site; […]
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