Broadford Bridge oil site: work underway, permit consultation and opposition mobilising
Work is underway at the Broadford Bridge oil site in West Sussex for the first time for nearly two and a half years.
Broadford Bridge well needs new planning application, says campaign group
Plans to drill for oil near Billingshurst in West Sussex needs a fresh planning application because the exploration target has changed, campaigners said this week.
UKOG seeks further oil and gas sites across southern England
The largest holder of oil and gas acreage in south-east England is seeking to add to its assets.
West Sussex varies drilling area for UKOG’s Broadford Bridge well
West Sussex County Council has approved changes to plans by UK Oil and Gas Investments plc for its exploratory oil well at Broadford Bridge, near Billingshurst.
Time is running out for eight oil and gas developments
Consents for eight oil and gas projects in England and Wales are due to expire within months, DrillOrDrop has discovered.
What to watch in 2017?
DrillOrDrop’s round-up of likely action in the next year for onshore oil and gas sites, applications, legal challenges and company operations. Please let us know if information in this post is missing, inaccurate or out-of-date. We want to make this as complete and accurate as possible. Contact here.
Group to challenge Sussex licence extension in the courts
A community group has given notice that it is planning a legal challenge to the extension of an oil and gas exploration licence in West Sussex.
Campaigners oppose Sussex exploration licence extension
Opponents of fracking throughout Sussex have written to the government objecting to any extension of an oil exploration licence recently bought by one of the companies behind the Horse Hill well near Gatwick.
UKOG pays £3.5m for Celtique Energie Sussex drilling licence
UK Oil and Gas Investments, one of the companies behind the Horse Hill oil well near Gatwick, has paid £3.5m for a Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (PEDL) in the West Sussex Weald.
Magellan seeks to sell interests in the Weald
The Denver-based oil company, Magellan Petroleum, is looking to sell its interests in exploration licences and drilling plans in the Weald in southern England.
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