Opponents celebrate refusal of permission for Broadford Bridge oil site
Campaigners against oil and gas operations across southern England gathered in celebration outside a site which was refused planning permission last week.
Campaigners against oil and gas operations across southern England gathered in celebration outside a site which was refused planning permission last week.
Oil and gas operators must take action to reduce flaring and venting, the industry regulator said today.
The UK’s second largest onshore oil production site has published proposals to increase its footprint by about a third and drill two new wells.
The deadline to start drilling a gas exploration well in Surrey has been extended again.
Opponents and supporters of oil drilling in West Sussex have been responding to the refusal of planning permission for another two years at the Broadford Bridge site near Billingshurst.
A West Sussex oil site that has been mothballed since 2018 has been refused more time.
Shale gas opponents were celebrating victory today in a 10-year David and Goliath battle in Nottinghamshire.
The life of a mothballed exploration site should be extended for another two years to allow an oil company to review data from two other wells in southern England, council planners have recommended.
A local campaign group is celebrating the formal end to shale gas operations near an important nature reserve in the Nottinghamshire village of Misson.
Onshore oil production in the UK fell again in 2023, to the lowest level for more than 30 years.