West Newton: Delays and missed deadlines
Analysis by DrillOrDrop reveals that the West Newton oil and gas field in East Yorkshire has seen more than 15 years of delays, missed deadlines and changing plans.
Analysis by DrillOrDrop reveals that the West Newton oil and gas field in East Yorkshire has seen more than 15 years of delays, missed deadlines and changing plans.
Campaigners challenging well testing in the West Sussex village of Balcombe believe their case has been helped by a minister’s recent admission on production from new oil fields.
Government advisors have accused ministers of lacking leadership on climate change and sending conflicting messages on fossil fuels.
More than 140 environmental and social justice organisations have warned that opening new oil and gas fields would lock the UK into higher energy bills for longer.
Onshore oil production in the UK in 2022 slumped to the lowest level since 1989.
Beliefs about the seriousness of climate change appear to be influencing attitudes against UK shale gas extraction, despite the war in Ukraine, a new study has concluded.
The climate minister has told MPs the government is reviewing regulations on fracking-induced earthquakes.
The Australian owner of the shale gas company, Cuadrilla, spent $1.107m in the UK in 2021 (about £655,000 at current rates), even though its licences were “on hold” because of the fracking moratorium.
New research, published within days of the start of Cop26 climate talks, reveals that 40 oil, gas and coal projects have been submitted for approval in the UK.
A woman living near a proposed gas exploration site in Surrey is challenging the developer’s claims that it will support efforts to tackle climate change.