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DRILL OR DROP?

10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it

“£1.9m investment commitment for West Newton” – Reabold

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 13, 2026

Horse Hill news update

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 11, 2026

Minister responds to council fracking questions

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 3, 2026

Europa shareholders back fundraising

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 3, 2026

N Yorks Council “burying its head in the sand” over Burniston gas plan complaints

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 2, 2026

Planners accused of “misleading” report on Burniston fracking gas plan

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 26, 2026

Oil and gas pay the bills at Star Energy

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 19, 2024

Revenue from oil and gas is funding Star Energy’s move to geothermal energy, company accounts have revealed.

September 2024 headlines

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 18, 2024

Keep up to date with September 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.

UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – June 2024

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 18, 2024

UK onshore oil and gas saw increased daily rates and a higher contribution to total production in June 2024.

Go-ahead for Wressle expansion – two new wells and small-scale fracks

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 16, 2024

Planners at North Lincolnshire Council have granted planning permission for more drilling and small-scale fracking in an expansion of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe.

More details on proposals for gas drilling and small-scale fracking near Scarborough

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 13, 2024

People living near a North Yorkshire village where small-scale fracking for gas is planned have extra opportunities this month to find out more.

Breaking: Cumbrian coal mine permission quashed after Finch onshore oil case

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 13, 2024

A landmark legal judgement on onshore oil production in Surrey has now blocked plans for the UK’s first new deep coalmine for 30 years.

England’s disappearing shale gas licences

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 11, 2024

Most of the official exploration licences issued nearly a decade ago in England’s bid to go “all out for shale” no longer exist.

Prospects “worsened” for UK shale gas in 2024 – Cuadrilla

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 2, 2024

The only company to carry out high volume fracking onshore in the UK has said the prospects for the shale gas industry worsened in the past year.

Sarah Finch judgement impacts North Sea oil and gas

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 29, 2024

The implications of a landmark legal challenge about climate emissions from onshore oil have spread to the offshore industry.

Lincolnshire updates oil and gas planning policy

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 23, 2024

Lincolnshire is seeking views on a new blueprint for oil and gas planning for the next 15 years.

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