DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in Winter 2024 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it. This post will be updated with new details as we get them. Please let us know about any events you think should be included.
A suspended oil site in West Sussex, where no work has been carried out for nearly six years, could supply geothermal heat for farming, including tea production, according to new plans.
UK onshore gas volumes in October rose with increased production from Saltfleetby. But onshore oil fell for the third consecutive month with lower output at Wytch Farm and a well workover at Wressle.
Keep up to date with January 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.
A report on the Wressle oil field in North Lincolnshire has upgraded reserves.
Just two onshore oil and gas wells were drilled in 2023 – and one of them has already been abandoned. This is despite government policy to “max out” domestic resources.
DrillOrDrop’s checklist of what to look out for in 2024 on UK onshore oil and gas. You can also catch up with the headlines from 2023 in our review of the year.
A landmark legal challenge to UK onshore oil and gas production was heard by the country’s highest court in 2023.
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The operator of the Saltfleetby gas field, Angus Energy, has agreed a £20m debt facility.