The site at the centre of a landmark legal challenge is seeking to produce more than 600,000 tonnes of oil over the next 20 years, releasing about two million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
People are being inviting to give their views on proposals by Egdon Resources to drill for gas on the edge of Foxholes in the Yorkshire Wolds.
Yorkshire villagers are meeting to discuss plans by Egdon Resources for gas drilling at Foxholes.
Egdon Resources has given formal notice that it will apply for planning permission for gas exploration near the North Yorkshire village of Foxholes.
About 1,400 formal objections have been submitted in a public consultation on the Europa Oil & Gas exploration plans near the North York Moors national park. At the time of writing, just seven responses to the consultation supported the company’s planning application.
The call for comments on plans to drill for gas and carry out a form of fracking near Scarborough has been extended.
Residents in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston have a chance to give their views later this month on plans to explore for gas on the edge of the national park and heritage coast.
Keep up to date with 2025’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. We’re also posting updates on the decommissioning work at Cuadrilla’s shale gas wells at Preston New Road, near Blackpool.
An oil company was chastised by a High Court judge yesterday over relying on out-of-date law on the impact of its proposals.
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