The arguments at the centre of a landmark legal challenge to UK onshore oil production have secured a separate historic court win against the Norwegian government.
The government has won a debate on its legislation to require annual licensing rounds for new North Sea oil and gas fields.
Reabold Resources, a key investor in the West Newton oil and gas field in East Yorkshire, is to receive £4.4m from Shell in the coming days.
A legal challenge to oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds area of outstanding natural beauty is being supported by the head of the renewables company, Ecotricity.
Cuadrilla’s plan to decommission its fracked wells in Lancashire is already behind schedule.
A major backer of the West Newton oil and gas project in East Yorkshire has fought off another challenge by a group of shareholders.
Opponents of gas exploration near the Surrey village of Dunsfold have been refused permission for a further appeal.
Campaigners challenging well testing in the West Sussex village of Balcombe believe their case has been helped by a minister’s recent admission on production from new oil fields.
The former energy minister, Chris Skidmore, has resigned over new legislation to offer more offshore oil and gas licences, prompting another by-election.
A company that wants to delay restoration of an oil well to explore using geothermal heat for tea growing has been accused of “clutching at tea leaves”.
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