MPs call for evidence on government plans to speed up fracking decisions
Government proposals to make changes to the planning rules for shale gas and fracking are to come under scrutiny at a meeting of MPs next month.
Pictures: Eviction of protest camp at Horse Hill oil site
Security guards and specialist rescue staff worked through the night to remove campaigners from a protest camp near the Horse Hill oil exploration site in Surrey.
Breaking: West Sussex councillors vote to extend permission at UKOG Broadford Bridge oil site – live news updates
Live news updates from the meeting of West Sussex County Council’s planning committee discussing the application by UK Oil & Gas for its Broadford Bridge oil exploration site.
Horse Hill Portland oil tests “exceed expectations” – long-term production application expected soon, says UKOG
Results of well testing at the Horse Hill oil exploration site in Surrey have exceeded expectations, the leading investor said this afternoon.
Counting the cost of oil plans at Leith Hill
DrillOrDrop investigates the costs of a long-running planning battle over Surrey oil drilling plans which ended suddenly last week.
Balcombe prepares for flow test of oil well
Residents in the West Sussex village of Balcombe are preparing for the first activity at an exploratory oil site for five years.
Breaking: Oil companies pull out of Leith Hill exploration site in Surrey
Europa Oil and Gas, the company behind oil drilling near the Leith Hill beauty spot in Surrey, announced this morning it was pulling out of the site.
EA grants new permit for Balcombe oil site – but orders work before flow test can start
The Environment Agency announced this afternoon it had granted a new permit for the oil exploration site at Balcombe in West Sussex.
Three new applications for Europa’s oil exploration site near Leith Hill
The company behind oil exploration near Leith Hill in Surrey has submitted three new planning applications for the site.
Oil exploration should halt immediately in Surrey earthquake zone – geologists
A group of senior geologists has called for an immediate moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the area of Surrey affected by 12 earthquakes in the past four months.
