New planning application due for Horse Hill’s “Gatwick Gusher” oil site
The company behind the Horse Hill oil well near Gatwick in Surrey has confirmed it will submit a new planning application for the site in the next few weeks.
Drilling diary – October 2016
50+ events about UK fracking and onshore oil and gas in October 2016, including film screenings, meetings, conferences, training, information events, fundraisers, debates and talks. Plus advanced notice of dates later in the year. Updated throughout the month. Please let us know here if you’d like us to add your […]
Fracking Week in Parliament – week ending 30 September 2016
In this week’s Fracking Week in Parliament: Scottish Conservatives accuse the Scotland’s First Minister of “double-standards” over shale. She accuses them of wanting to “ride roughshod” over local opinion and concerns. Read the full exchange here.
IGas warning in half-year accounts
The shale company IGas has raised questions about its ability to operate as a going concern.
Meet the fracking regulators in Ormskirk and Worksop
Regulators of shale gas have organised another two meetings to explain their role to local people – this time in west Lancashire and north Nottinghamshire.
“Safe history of drilling” or “climate threat”? Two views of IGas Notts shale plans
Next week, councillors in Nottinghamshire will decide whether to give the go-ahead to the first shale gas exploration in the county.
Swanage gas drilling plans on hold
Dorset County Council and InfraStrata have confirmed that no work will be carried out this year at a proposed gas exploration site near the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset.
What Notts planners say about IGas shale scheme at Misson?
Planners have recommended approval of the first shale gas exploration plans in Nottinghamshire.
Lancashire ‘Nana’ threatened with prison during Buckingham Palace protest
An anti-fracking campaigner has been served with court papers during a tea party protest opposite Buckingham Palace.
Breaking: Planners recommend go-ahead for IGas shale gas plans for Springs Road, Misson, Notts
Planners at Nottinghamshire County Council are recommending approval of a planning application by IGas to drill for shale gas at Misson in north Nottinghamshire.
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