New Dorset oil production plans back under consideration
Plans to produce oil for 20 years near a historic country house in Dorset are still being considered, despite limited progress over the past 18 months.
Dorset oil site continues to vent hundreds of tonnes of methane
Hundreds of tonnes of climate-warming methane is being released into the atmosphere by the UK’s longest continuously producing onshore oil well, despite curbs ordered by the environmental regulator.
2021 review of the year
2021 was a year when key decision-makers, institutions and the public said no to the onshore oil and gas industry, often for the first time.
EA minded to permit waste water reinjection at Surrey oil site
The Environment Agency is seeking public comments on its proposal to allow Angus Energy to dispose of waste water underground at the Brockham oil site in Surrey.
“Significant environmental impact unlikely” from 25 years of hydrocarbon production, says council
25 years of oil and gas extraction from a site in East Yorkshire is unlikely to have significant effects on the environment, council planners have ruled.
Rathlin Energy seeks environmental consent for West Newton oil production – despite planning refusal
The company behind one of the largest onshore oil production projects in recent years is pressing on despite being refused planning permission.
Angus Energy seeks consent for gas refining at Saltfleetby
The Environment Agency is seeking comments on plans by Angus Energy to process gas at its Saltfleetby field in Lincolnshire.
Isle of Wight MP opposes UKOG’s permit application for Arreton
A company’s bid to drill for oil on the Isle of Wight has been opposed again by the local MP.
Radioactive waste disposal allowed to continue at oil site in national park
An oil company has won consent to continue the disposal of liquid radioactive waste in the South Downs National Park.
Autumn 2021 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in autumn 2021 affecting the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
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