Dorset oil expansion plan needs EIA – government
Plans for more drilling and another 10 years of production at an oil site in Dorset are likely to have “significant effects” on the environment, the government has ruled.
Plans for more drilling and another 10 years of production at an oil site in Dorset are likely to have “significant effects” on the environment, the government has ruled.
A government minister is to decide whether there should be a detailed environmental study of plans to expand oil production in rural Dorset.
New government guidance on assessing carbon emissions from oil and gas production has been welcomed by environmental campaigners.
An oil company has again been given extra time to provide more information about its production plans in the Lincolnshire Wolds.