The former fracking company, Cuadrilla, has lost its bid for more time to restore its Lancashire shale gas site at Preston New Road, near Blackpool.
The council that will decide plans for hydraulic fracturing at Burniston, near Scarborough, has asked the government for more details about its proposed ban on fracking.
Proposals to explore for gas near the edge of the North York Moors would not cause “significant harm” to the national park, the park’s authority agreed this morning.
Members of the public and a councillor questioned Surrey County Council this morning over its handling of unlawful oil extraction at Horse Hill near Horley.
East Sussex councillors voted this morning against ending pension fund investments in fossil fuels.
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Angus Energy is seeking permission to drill up to four new wells at the UK’s largest onshore producing gas field.
A West Sussex oil site that has been mothballed since 2018 has been refused more time.
The life of a mothballed exploration site should be extended for another two years to allow an oil company to review data from two other wells in southern England, council planners have recommended.
Two climate protesters glued themselves this morning to the delivery entrance of a Cambridge university research centre, run by the world’s largest oilfield services group, SLB, formerly known as Schlumberger.
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