Government to rule on Waddock Cross environmental study
A government minister is to decide whether there should be a detailed environmental study of plans to expand oil production in rural Dorset.
A government minister is to decide whether there should be a detailed environmental study of plans to expand oil production in rural Dorset.
The decision on expansion of oil production in rural Dorset was deferred this morning because councillors wanted more information on the climate impact.
Officials have supported plans for more drilling and oil production at a mothballed site in rural Dorset.
All the new onshore oil and gas wells in the UK in 2024 were drilled on a single small island in Poole Harbour, according to official data analysed by DrillOrDrop.
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Falling production at the Horse Hill well in Surrey cut revenue for UK Oil & Gas plc last year.
The industry regulator has revised down recent monthly volumes for methane vented at the Kimmeridge oil well in Dorset to almost nothing.
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Plans to expand a suspended oil site in Dorset and restart production are unlikely to have “significant environmental impacts”, council planners ruled today.
UK Oil & Gas plc reported an operating loss of £1.32m for the six months to the end of March 2023, slightly larger than the year before.