OGA seeks views on assessing financial health of oil and gas companies
The regulator of oil and gas licensing has begun a consultation on how it plans to assess the financial strength of companies.
Views sought on oil storage plans at Cuadrilla’s Balcombe site
Cuadrilla has applied for permission to store and handle oil at its exploration well site at Balcombe in West Sussex.
No government information on shale gas employment, flow back waste or treatment methods – Minister
Fracking Week in Parliament The government has not estimated the potential effect on employment of shale gas, according to the Energy Minister, Claire Perry. Nor has it assessed the likely volume of flowback waste.
Fracking Week in Parliament: 3-7 July 2017
In this week’s Fracking Week in Parliament, new Derbyshire MP backs local opposition to INEOS shale drilling plans and ministers are quizzed on risks to groundwater, liability of shale gas companies, staffing of regulators and the government’s shale gas team and the Government’s assessment of the Medact report.
Residents’ group will fight amended noise limits at Cuadrilla’s Becconsall site
A group representing people living near Cuadrilla’s shale gas site on the Ribble Estuary has vowed to continue its fight against a bid to relax conditions on noise limits. This is despite advice from officials that the company can’t make noise at the level it wanted at the […]
Water contamination threat prompts objections to oil production plans in National Park
Portsmouth Water has objected to proposals for 20 years of oil production in the South Downs National Park because of concerns about contamination to drinking water.
Maximum depth of IGas shale well at Tinker Lane cut by almost half
IGas has reduced by nearly 1.5km the maximum depth of its proposed shale gas well at Tinker Lane in north Nottinghamshire.
Officials seek to ban Sunday fracking in key vote on Yorkshire shale gas plan
Local councillors vote next week on the first plan to frack in Yorkshire. There’s no official recommendation yet on whether Third Energy’s scheme at Kirby Misperton should be approved. But if it is, officers at Ryedale District Council have said fracking should not be allowed on Sundays. The vote […]
Ryedale council officers recommend objection to fracking application
Ryedale District Council in North Yorkshire is being recommending to object to Third Energy’s planning application to frack an existing gas well at Kirby Misperton.
No conditions proposed on 59 drilling licences near top wildlife sites
The government proposes to issue 59 oil and gas licences in areas close to the UK’s most important wildlife sites with no conditions on the activities of operators. The licences make up just under half the blocks that will be released following a public consultation currently underway. Most […]
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