Autumn-winter 2024 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in autumn and winter 2024 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
Expansion plans withdrawn for Saltfleetby gas field
Angus Energy has withdrawn proposals to drill four new wells at the UK’s largest onshore producing gas field.
Breaking: Cumbrian coal mine permission quashed after Finch onshore oil case
A landmark legal judgement on onshore oil production in Surrey has now blocked plans for the UK’s first new deep coalmine for 30 years.
Sarah Finch judgement impacts North Sea oil and gas
The implications of a landmark legal challenge about climate emissions from onshore oil have spread to the offshore industry.
CEO interview: “Onshore oil industry must generate cash for well decommissioning”
The UK onshore industry needs to raise money to plug and abandon hundreds of redundant oil wells as part of the energy transition, Angus Energy’s chief executive told DrillOrDrop.
Rapid cuts to oil and gas needed to meet climate targets – CCC
Conservative ministers failed to act to meet UK climate targets, government advisors warned today.
Legal challenge to new coal mine centres on landmark climate judgement
The recent landmark judgement over the climate impact of oil production is at the centre of the legal challenge, which began today against the UK’s first coal mine for 30 years.
Plans for gas drilling and small-scale frack on N Yorks heritage coast
A gas company has revealed plans to drill an exploration well and carry out a small-scale frack on farmland on the edge of the North York Moors national park.
Breaking: Biscathorpe oil plans quashed and government drops defence of Cumbrian coal mine after landmark court ruling
Permission for oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds has been quashed following the landmark climate judgement by the Supreme Court last month. Another key decision, to allow a new coal mine in Cumbria, now looks in doubt because of the same judgement.
Key messages from today’s Supreme Court judgement
Today’s judgement in the challenge against oil production at Horse Hill has clarified the law on what must be considered when councils decide on fossil fuel planning applications.
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