Plans for gas drilling and small-scale fracking near the North Yorkshire village of Burniston should be assessed for the likely environmental impact, local people unanimously agreed last night.
A gas company has revealed plans to drill an exploration well and carry out a small-scale frack on farmland on the edge of the North York Moors national park.
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An oil company was chastised by a High Court judge yesterday over relying on out-of-date law on the impact of its proposals.
A campaigner opposing oil drilling in one of the UK’s most scenic areas is at the High Court this week in a case against the government and an American-owned corporation.
The legal challenge against oil production and more drilling at Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds will be go ahead in June.
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The licence containing the mothballed Waddock Cross oil field in Dorset has been granted a five-year extension by the industry regulator.
The UK’s second largest onshore oil production site has published proposals to increase its footprint by about a third and drill two new wells.
Campaigners have won the right to challenge a decision to allow new oil production at Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds protected landscape.
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