Officials have taken the first steps to force IGas to restore its shale gas site at Misson Springs in Nottinghamshire. Correspondence seen by DrillOrDrop confirms that IGas has failed to begun restoration work on time. Because of the lack of progress, Nottinghamshire County Council has now served Restoration […]
Liz Truss announced today a consultation on how local consent for fracking would be measured.
The shadow climate secretary, Ed Miliband, on a visit to the shale gas village of Misson in Nottinghamshire today, promised that a Labour government would ban fracking.
The prime minister repeatedly said fracking must be with local consent when she was interviewed about fracking this morning by BBC Radio Lancashire. But she refused to rule it out in the county.
Some politicians, campaign groups and residents have reacted with anger at the official lifting of the moratorium on fracking in England. But two leading shale gas companies have welcomed today’s announcement.
Residents and businesses in the Ryedale area of North Yorkshire are being asked what they think about producing geothermal energy from old gas wells, including one once earmarked for fracking.
The UK onshore oil and gas exploration firm, Hutton Energy UK Limited, was dissolved today.
People have until the end of this week to respond to proposals to extend the life of the West Newton-B oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
2021 was a year when key decision-makers, institutions and the public said no to the onshore oil and gas industry, often for the first time.
Council officials refused a request by IGas to abandon one of its wells in Lincolnshire this weekend because the rig that would have been used breached planning rules.
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