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10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it

Two Cuadrilla companies struck off

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 3, 2026

Reabold takeover of Union Jack agreed

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 1, 2026

Meeting on new gas plan in national park

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 30, 2026

Waddock Cross update

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 26, 2026

Angus debt restructuring deal signed

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 24, 2026

Government warned transition to clean electricity is not fast enough

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 24, 2026

Investigation finds multiple planning breaches and technical problems at Cuadrilla’s drilling sites

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 5, 2015 • ( 3 Comments )

All the exploratory shale gas wells drilled by Cuadrilla in Lancashire had some technical difficulty and none were restored by the date set in the original planning permission. These are just two of the findings from an investigation by DrillOrDrop.com into problems at the company’s UK operations. We […]

Hunters shot geese on fracking company’s wildfowl refuge

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 5, 2015 • ( 9 Comments )

Pink Footed Geese feeding on a wildfowl refuge set up by Cuadrilla were shot by hunters who had leased the same fields. The fracking company rented land on the Lancashire coast as winter grazing for birds displaced by its exploratory gas well at Becconsall, near Banks. But shooting […]

Oil well in Surrey Hills could be UK’s fifth biggest

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 1, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

An oil well in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty could be the fifth biggest onshore producer in UK, according to Europa Oil and Gas.

Council failed to check traffic plan for Europa’s oil drilling site – inquiry inspector

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 1, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Surrey County Council appears to have approved arrangements to deal with lorries to a proposed exploratory oil site without checking evidence from the company, a public inquiry heard this morning.

Will fracking be a political turn-off in Lancashire marginals?

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 30, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Candidates who support fracking in marginal seats could face an electoral backlash, according to Greenpeace following polling in Lancashire.

David Lenigas promises Horse Hill flow testing in 2015 – campaigners predict opposition

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 30, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Investors in the Horse Hill exploratory oil well near Horley in Surrey have hit back at media suggestions that the site has been suspended.

National Parks suitable for fracking are among most popular and biggest earners

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 30, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Four National Parks identified as suitable for fracking attract millions of visitors, who spend nearly £2bn a year.

“I am not confident traffic management would work” – Inspector at Surrey Hills oil drilling inquiry

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 29, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

The inspector at a public inquiry into plans to drill for oil in the Surrey Hills said this afternoon he was not confident the management of traffic to the site would work.

Seven-year-old scheme for Surrey exploratory oil well can’t estimate total lorry movements – inquiry hears

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 29, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

A traffic management consultant, working for Europa Oil and Gas, could not give an estimate for the total number of heavy goods vehicle generated by a proposed exploratory drilling site near Leith Hill in Surrey.

Leith Hill drill site’s risks to water supply “essentially zero” – inquiry told

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 28, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

A hydrogeologist employed by Europa Oil and Gas said the risk of water contamination from a proposed exploratory drilling site in the Surrey Hills was essentially zero.

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