£1.2m for councils dealing with shale planning applications
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Letters call for fracking ban as Third Energy waits to fracture well in Yorkshire village
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.
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