Who drilled where in 2024?
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.
Lincolnshire updates oil and gas planning policy
Lincolnshire is seeking views on a new blueprint for oil and gas planning for the next 15 years.
January 2024 headlines
Keep up to date with January 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
2 onshore oil and gas wells drilled in 2023 – official data
Just two onshore oil and gas wells were drilled in 2023 – and one of them has already been abandoned. This is despite government policy to “max out” domestic resources.
Misson shale gas site: restoration due to start in days
Restoration of Nottinghamshire’s only shale gas site is due to begin later this month.
Angus Energy raises £7.1m
Angus Energy reported today it has raised £7.1m in a share placing and subscription.
No UK onshore oil or gas wells drilled in 2021 – official data
For the first time since 1935, no onshore oil or gas wells were drilled in a calendar year, according to 2021 data from the industry regulator.
Revised well test plan submitted for West Newton A – Union Jack Oil
Union Jack Oil has announced plans to restart an extended well test at the West Newton-A oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Balcombe villagers protest against oil tests
About 50 people from the West Sussex village of Balcombe joined a protest this morning against imminent tests at a nearby oil site.
UK’s first horizontal shale gas well completed – fracking due late summer
Drilling of the UK’s first horizontal shale gas well has been completed, Cuadrilla announced this morning.
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