Brockham update: Rig down, potential reservoirs announced and the reason for 24-hour working
Within the past hour, the workover rig at Angus Energy’s site at Brockham oil site near Dorking in Surrey has been taken down.
Anti-fracking camp set up near Kirby Misperton shale gas site
Opponents of fracking have established a camp near Third Energy’s fracking site at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire.
Camp to put pressure on Welsh Assembly candidates to ban fracking and promote renewables
Campaigners set up a camp in South Wales today to promote renewable energy and raise awareness of local unconventional gas developments in the run-up to the Welsh Assembly elections in May.
Photos: Lock-on protest at Horse Hill
An anti-drilling protester locked himself on to a tanker visiting the Horse Hill exploratory oil site near Gatwick this morning.
Breaking: IGas pulls out of Chester
In the past few minutes, IGas has confirmed it will not be drilling for coal bed methane at Upton near Chester, where a protest camp was evicted last month.
Court orders Upton anti-fracking camp to leave within 28 days
Anti-fracking protesters have been ordered to leave their camp on land at near Chester that is earmarked as an IGas coal bed methane site.
Don’t “gold-plate” human rights when dealing with protest camps – ministers
The government has instructed local councils and the police to do more to stop protest camps, including those against oil and gas operations.
