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

National park gas plan would have “significant environmental impacts” – ruling

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 8, 2026

Councillors back Burniston delay but company urges timely decision

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 7, 2026

Star Energy seeks more time to restore Egmanton oilfield

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 6, 2026

2026 headlines

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 5, 2026

Who drilled where in 2025?

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 1, 2026

What to watch in 2026?

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 31, 2025

COP27: Boris Johnson criticises net zero sceptics who want to “frack the hell out of the British countryside”

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 7, 2022 • ( 14 Comments )

“This is not the moment to abandon the campaign for net zero”, the former UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, told the opening day of the COP27 climate talks in Egypt.

Latest onshore oil production – July 2022

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 7, 2022 • ( 4 Comments )

DrillOrDrop’s review of the latest UK onshore oil data for July 2022: daily production falls at Wytch Farm to the lowest level for 10 years and the Gatwick Gusher slows to a trickle.

Fracking moratorium – a timeline

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 4, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Three years ago today, the government formally confirmed a moratorium on fracking in England.

November 2022 headlines

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 3, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Keep up to date with November 2022’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.

Government fails to lead the way to net zero emissions – MPs

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 2, 2022 • ( 14 Comments )

The UK government is failing in its commitment that the public sector should “lead by example” on decarbonisation, MPs said today.

Tributes paid to former MEP Keith Taylor

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 1, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

The former Green Party MEP and environmental campaigner, Keith Taylor, has died, aged 69.

Cuadrilla’s fracking site should be abandoned – campaigners

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 31, 2022 • ( 36 Comments )

Anti-fracking groups in Lancashire are calling on the government and regulators to order the permanent plugging and abandonment of wells at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site.

Air pollution increased 274% during pre-fracking operations at Kirby Misperton – new study

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 28, 2022 • ( 34 Comments )

Preparation for fracking at a site in a North Yorkshire village saw nitrogen oxides pollution peak to levels comparable with the morning rush hour in North Kensington, research has revealed.

Fracking industry warns “great economic, environmental and geopolitical cost” from renewed moratorium

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 28, 2022 • ( 32 Comments )

The shale gas lobbying organisation has accused the government of dealing in “ideology and fiction” by reinstating the moratorium on fracking.

IGas hints at legal action as government issues new WMS on fracking moratorium

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 28, 2022 • ( 22 Comments )

The new business secretary has formally reinstated the moratorium on fracking in England.

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