Campaigner seeks injunction against West Newton frack
An environmental campaigner has applied to the High Court for an interim injunction to halt lower-volume fracking at the West Newton-A site in East Yorkshire.
Officials approve retention of Broadford Bridge access track
Council officers have allowed the access track to remain to the former Broadford Bridge oil exploration site in West Sussex.
“No date” yet for Horse Hill decision
No decision is expected this month (September 2026) on controversial plans for expansion and long-term production at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey, the county council has confirmed.
“Summer start” for Broadford Bridge oil site restoration
Restoration of the Broadford Bridge oil site in West Sussex is due to begin this summer, officials have confirmed.
Countryside campaigners strongly object to “harm” of Foxholes gas drilling
Gas drilling in a small village in the Yorkshire Wolds would cause “unacceptable harm”, a leading campaign organisation has said.
Second oil expansion plan accused of defective climate assessment
Campaigners have criticised another oil operator for a “flawed assessment” of the climate impact of drilling and production plans.
Horse Hill climate assessment “flawed”, say campaigners
A company’s assessment of the climate impact of oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey is flawed and any permission based on it would be unlawful, campaigners said today.
Two Cuadrilla companies struck off
Two Cuadrilla subsidiaries have formally gone out of business.
Meeting on new gas plan in national park
A four-year-old company is to outline plans to the public next week on extracting billions of cubic feet of gas in a remote and sensitive part of the North York Moors.
Horse Hill’s predicted 2m tonnes of carbon emissions “not significant” for climate – UKOG
The site at the centre of a landmark legal challenge is seeking to produce more than 600,000 tonnes of oil over the next 20 years, releasing about two million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
