IGas has revealed proposals for a new oil production site in Lincolnshire, which it says could extract 90,000 tonnes a year – but officials have said a detailed environmental study is not needed.
Egdon Resources announced today it had submitted an appeal against the refusal of planning permission for its undeveloped North Kelsey site in Lincolnshire.
The Good Law Project announced this morning it was supporting the community group, Protect Dunsfold, in its bid to challenge a government decision to allow exploratory drilling for gas on the edge of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
The company behind plans to explore for gas near a Surrey village has threatened to sue a senior local councillor for libel.
A council which opposed drilling for gas near a Surrey village has taken the first step to fight ministerial approval of the scheme.
Council leaders are due to decide next week whether to take court action against gas drilling near a village in Surrey.
The company behind gas exploration near the Surrey village of Dunsfold has complained to the local MP, Jeremy Hunt, about his comments that it would cause “enormous damage and disruption”.
The government has now missed its own deadline by two years for decisions on shale gas schemes in south Yorkshire and Cheshire.
Plans for 20 years of oil production near a historic building in Dorset have been withdrawn after limited progress in more than three years.
Councillors have overwhelmingly backed a time extension at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton-B exploration site in East Yorkshire.
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