Water reinjection permitted at Horse Hill
The Horse Hill oil site in Surrey has been granted permission to pump waste water underground.
The Horse Hill oil site in Surrey has been granted permission to pump waste water underground.
Councillors have overwhelmingly backed a time extension at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton-B exploration site in East Yorkshire.
Opponents of oil production in East Yorkshire are to make a last-minute bid to hold up this morning’s decision to approve.
A decision on gas exploration plans near the Surrey village of Dunsfold is expected by June 2022.
Council officials have recommended approval of major plans for production, drilling and extension at Rathlin Energy’s well site at West Newton-A.
A challenge has begun to the refusal of testing at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex.
Oil and gas wells planned in East Yorkshire could be drilled under five villages, new maps have revealed.
The former Conservative leadership contender, Jeremy Hunt, said today it was “extraordinary” that the UK, with its net zero target, was even thinking about plans to drill for gas at Dunsfold in Surrey.
Opponents of controversial gas drilling plans near the Surrey village of Dunsfold say they will put their toes on the line to show that large lorries will be forced to break the law when visiting the proposed site.
The company behind rejected oil production plans in the Lincolnshire Wolds has now applied to extend the life of another site for a third time.