Formal complaint over council meeting on CBM plans
Residents of a small village near Swansea are to make a formal complaint about how councillors decided a planning application for coal bed methane exploration near their homes.
How many wells does Third Energy want to frack at Kirby Misperton?
A local councillor in North Yorkshire says Third Energy showed him a diagram of ten horizontal boreholes leading from the well the company wants to frack for shale gas at Kirby Misperton.
Planning inspector dismisses Alkane’s Derbyshire gas drilling appeal
Campaigners opposed to gas extraction near a Derbyshire village are celebrating after a planning inspector ruled in their favour.
Rathlin Energy blames planning delay for withdrawal from licence
The chairman of Rathlin Energy, David Montagu-Smith, said yesterday his company would give up its drilling licence in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
West Newton gas find “very encouraging” – Rathlin Energy
Rathlin Energy has described the discovery of gas at its exploratory wellsite at West Newton in East Yorkshire as “very encouraging”.
Consent for monitoring boreholes at proposed fracking site
North Yorkshire County Council has granted permission to Third Energy to drill water monitoring boreholes as part of its plans to frack at a site in Ryedale.
No permission needed for seismic monitoring boreholes under government plans
The government wants to allow oil and gas companies to drill seismic monitoring boreholes without applying for planning permission.
Delay ruling on IGas borehole plans – anti-fracking campaigners
Anti-fracking campaigners have called for a delay to the decision on IGas’s plans for groundwater monitoring at a proposed shale gas exploration site in north Nottinghamshire.
Inquiry into Europa’s Surrey Hills drilling plan hears final arguments
Supporters and opponents of a scheme to drill for oil in the Surrey Hills had their last chance today to persuade a planning inspector of their arguments.
Guest post: Beware the No Frack Promise
In this guest post, Sussex author and campaigner, Martin Dale, explains why he and other local people are sceptical about Celtique Energie’s pledge that it is drilling a conventional exploration well at Broadford Bridge, near Billingshurst, and will not use fracking.
DRILL OR DROP? 