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DRILL OR DROP?

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

UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – March 2023

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 2, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

DrillOrDrop’s review of the latest UK onshore production data, for March 2023, reveals the lowest monthly oil volume and daily extraction rate for 12 years, while flared gas was at a record high.

Summer 2023 diary

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 1, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in summer 2023 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.

Date set for Balcombe v Gove

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 1, 2023 • ( 12 Comments )

Balcombe residents will be at the High Court in London next month for their legal challenge to the government go-ahead for oil testing in their village.

Egdon Resources seeks 10 more years at Waddock Cross oil site

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 31, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Operators of a Dorset oil site which has produced nothing since 2014 want to extend its life for another 10 years.

Updated: Planners back more time to restore Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 31, 2023 • ( 60 Comments )

Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.

N Kelsey oil plans “clear and obvious conflict” with UK climate commitments – expert

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 25, 2023 • ( 13 Comments )

The plan to drill for oil near the Lincolnshire village of North Kelsey conflicts with the UK’s international commitments to tackle climate change, a leading scientist has warned.

UK risks missing out on net zero opportunities, says CCC

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 24, 2023 • ( 14 Comments )

Net zero could create hundreds of thousands of new green jobs – but stronger government support is needed, a briefing said today.

Legal challenges to Cumbrian coal mine go to High Court

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 19, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Two legal challenges to the government’s decision to allow a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria are to be heard at the High Court.

Campaigners cleared of criminal damage in protest at Schlumberger’s Cambridge research centre

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 18, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

Two climate campaigners accused of criminal damage at a fossil fuels protest on Cambridge University land have been found not guilty after nearly three years.

Egdon shares rise 80%+ as it agrees to £27m takeover

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 17, 2023 • ( 36 Comments )

Egdon Resources, the company behind the UK’s newest onshore oil producer, announced this morning it has agreed to a takeover by Petrichor Partners.

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