Drilling diary – December 2015
30+ meetings, decisions, consultation deadlines and other key dates coming up in December about fracking and onshore oil and gas. Advanced notice of dates in 2016. Updated throughout the month.
Fracking Week In Westminster – w/e 27th November 2015
In this Fracking Week in Westminster: Questions, statements and replies about Shale gas wealth fund Role of shale gas in UK future energy Fracking regulations Onshore exploration licences
Updated reaction on govenment ruling over Cuadrilla fracking appeals
Yesterday the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark, announced he would decide the outcome of appeals by Cuadrilla against refusals of planning permission to frack at two sites in Lancashire. DrillOrDrop report
Why should Westminster be allowed to decide what happens here in the North?
Barbara Richardson, of Roseacre Awareness Group, gives her reaction to the announcement by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government that he will decide Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking appeals. (See DrillOrDrop report)
Breaking: Minister to decide Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking appeals
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government is to decide Cuadrilla’s appeals against the refusal of planning permission for fracking at two sites near Blackpool.
Rathlin gets more time to drill – but with a no-frack condition
Councillors in East Yorkshire voted unanimously this afternoon to give Rathlin Energy another three years to operate an exploratory gas site in Holderness. But they added a condition preventing hydraulic fracturing.
Fracking could put tourists off Ryedale – council concerns
A report by council officials in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, has raised concerns that fracking in the district could put off visitors.
IGas declares £19.3m loss but looks for more fracking sites
IGas declared a loss of £19.3m for the six months to the end of September, according to results published today. The figure compares with a loss of £3.8m for the same period a year ago.
Government’s fracking regulations threaten National Park protection – Labour peer
A Labour member of the House of Lords has accused the government of weakening the law protecting National Parks through its regulations on fracking.
Fracking Week In Westminster – w/e 20th November 2015
In this Fracking Week in Westminster: Questions and statements on Shale and national security Fracking in Ryedale Carbon capture and storage Divestment from fossil fuels Sovereign wealth fund Coal gasification Fracking in protected areas
DRILL OR DROP? 