Who drilled where in 2017? Data shows another low for UK onshore oil and gas
The number of onshore oil and gas wells drilled in the UK in 2017 was another 50-year low for the industry.
2017 in pictures – July
DrillOrDrop’s year in pictures reaches July when the group, Reclaim the Power, co-ordinated protests outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site, the company’s offices and premises belonging to contractors.
What to watch in 2018?
DrillOrDrop’s round-up of the likely action on fracking and onshore oil and gas activity in 2018.
2017 in pictures – May
Our review of 2017 reaches May, with protests near Blackpool, Chesterfield, Dorking and Edinburgh, plus the arrival of equipment at a drilling site in West Sussex.
2017 in pictures – April
We’ve now reached April in our photo review of 2017.
UKOG Broadford Bridge update: “unproductive” section, plans for new sites, extended flow test consent and new analysis
UK Oil and Gas has announced that a section of the reservoir at its Broadford Bridge oil well in West Sussex is “unproductive” because of low permeability.
Residents call time on oil company’s flow test at Broadford Bridge
Volunteers with gardening tools gathered outside the Broadford Bridge oil exploration site in West Sussex yesterday (Saturday 23 December) to mark what they said should have been the end of flow-testing.
Drilling headlines – December 2017
DrillOrDrop’s December 2017 digest of news about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas updated daily.
UKOG announces £10m loan to fund Weald oil exploration
The leading oil exploration company in the Weald in southern England announced this morning it had taken out a £10m loan.
Officials investigate Sunday working complaints at Broadford Bridge oil site
Council officers are investigating complaints of Sunday working at the Broadford Bridge oil exploration site in West Sussex.
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