Updated: 15 oil and gas sites apply for EA permits
Views are being sought on applications for environmental permits at 15 established oil and gas sites across the UK.
Residents demand stricter monitoring of Cuadrilla’s fracking site
Residents living near Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire have called for tougher action from the authorities.
Protest update: 16-22 January 2017
In this week’s update on protests about fracking and onshore oil and gas in the UK: Protest at Cuadrilla contractor, A E Yates Continuing slow-walking at Preston New Road Updates on Kirby Misperton and Brockham
Residents to quiz regulators over Cuadrilla’s fracking site
Staff from five organisations that regulate or advise on shale gas will be answering questions about Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road fracking site at a drop-in event next month.
Views sought on permit for Doe Green CBM site
The Environment Agency begins a public consultation on an environmental permit application for the coal bed methane production site at Doe Green
Tears and cheers over refusal of Wressle oil production plans
Opponents of plans for 15 years of oil production near Scunthorpe had tears in their eyes when councillors refused planning permission this afternoon.
February date for decision on IGas Tinker Lane plans in Notts
A decision on plans for a second shale gas exploration site in Nottinghamshire has been delayed again.
What the judge said about allowing fracking at Kirby Misperton
A High Court judge has rejected the legal challenge against planning permission to frack in North Yorkshire.
November 2016 drilling headlines
DrillorDrop’s digest of November’s news about fracking, shale, onshore oil and gas developments and campaigns in the UK and around the world.
Environmental permit for shale gas drilling at Tinker Lane in Notts – no groundwater monitoring required
A second shale gas site has come a step closer in north Nottinghamshire.
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