Oil exploration plans on the Isle of Wight would “make the best use” of mineral resources in the transition to a low carbon future, the company behind the proposals has said. But local campaigners have disputed the arguments and said they should be rejected.
A proposed gas exploration site near the Surrey village of Dunsfold could be there for years, even though the planning application is for 36 months, a public inquiry has heard.
Regulators have given UK Oil & Gas plc more time to drill at the Horse Hill site in Surrey, the company announced today.
The government does not plan to support shale gas exploration or review its moratorium, a minister has said.
Planning consent has run out at Ineos’s shale gas site at Harthill in South Yorkshire.
IGas has given up its headquarters in London’s Mayfair, the exploration and production company formally announced today.
Highways officials have withdrawn their objection to a plan to explore for oil on the Isle of Wight.
As expected, UK Oil & Gas plc has announced it is to appeal against the refusal of planning permission for gas exploration at its proposed Loxley well site near Dunsfold in Surrey.
A woman living near a proposed gas exploration site in Surrey is challenging the developer’s claims that it will support efforts to tackle climate change.
Ineos’s shale gas business has cut the value of its exploration assets to zero following the government moratorium on fracking in England.
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