Blue look to frontline fracking councils
The Conservatives have made big gains in the county council elections in areas in the frontline of fracking for shale gas.
Campaigners continue their legal fight against ministerial approval of fracking in Lancashire
Opponents of fracking are to continue their legal challenges to the decision by the Communities’ Secretary to approve Cuadrilla’s shale gas plans near Blackpool.
Fracking support still trails opposition but gap is closing – latest government survey
The latest findings from the government’s quarterly survey of attitudes to fracking shows levels of support continue to lag behind opposition but the gap appears to be closing.
UKOG should lose licence for Markwells Wood and restore site immediately – opponents
Opponents of proposals to drill for oil in woodland in the South Downs National Park have called for the site to be restored immediately after news that a planning application had been withdrawn (details).
UKOG statement on Markwells Wood: application to be resubmitted later in 2017
UK Oil & Gas (Investments) PLC made this statement this morning to investors about its planning application for oil drilling and production at Markwells Wood, due to be decided next week.
Breaking: UKOG withdraws application for Markwells Wood in South Downs
The South Downs National Park Authority has announced that a planning application for oil drilling and production at Markwells Wood in West Sussex has been withdrawn.
Protest update: 1-7 May 2017
In this update of protests about fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry: Security guards remove anti-fracking campaigners from business park in Lancashire Ten people join Greenpeace UK protest to block entrance to Preston New Road Two women block the Bolton depot of Cuadrilla’s site contractor, A E […]
May 2017 drilling headlines
DrillOrDrop’s May 2017 digest of news about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas updated daily. For headlines from previous months, click here
Drilling diary – May 2017
100 events in May 2017 about UK fracking and onshore oil and gas. Including tours of the film The Bentley Effect and the satire Fracked! Plus deadlines, information events and meetings. Please let us know here if you’d like us to add your events or if any details are wrong. This page will be […]
Sussex residents urged to object to UKOG’s oil drilling plans at Broadford Bridge
About 150 people heard calls last night to object to oil drilling, expected in the next few weeks, at a farm near Billingshurst in West Sussex.
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