Europa Oil & Gas has promised to carry out a detailed study of the environmental impact of its plans to drill on the North Yorkshire Heritage Coast, despite a ministerial ruling that the assessment is not needed.
Environmental lawyers have called for immediate enforcement action to stop “unauthorised” oil extraction at Horse Hill.
The implications of a landmark legal challenge about climate emissions from onshore oil have spread to the offshore industry.
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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.
The operator of the Wressle oilfield in North Lincolnshire said today it wanted to extend the site and add two new production wells that would extract hydrocarbons for 10-15 years.
Work on a new well at the West Newton-B oil and gas site in East Yorkshire has been postponed again.
The West Sussex village that saw a summer of anti-fracking protests 10 years ago has taken the government to court over oil testing.
Oil extraction is to resume at the Avington field in the South Downs National Park after a break of more than five years.
Three environmental organisations are seeking to take the government to court over its climate plans for the second time.
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