flow test – DRILL OR DROP?

Picture post: West Newton-B site work

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 27, 2020 • ( 10 Comments )

Investors in Rathlin Energy’s West Newton-B exploration site in East Yorkshire reported “good progress” today on the initial work.

Angus announces new £1.4m loan

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 20, 2020 • ( 9 Comments )

Shares in Angus Energy rose this morning as the company announced it had taken out a £1.4m loan with a property company.

More equipment leaves fracking site as Cuadrilla announces end of gas flow test

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 11, 2019 • ( 7 Comments )

Cuadrilla has confirmed that it has finished the flow test on its second horizontal shale gas well at Preston New Road, near Blackpool.

Angus Energy due back at Balcombe

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 14, 2019 • ( 14 Comments )

Angus Energy is expected to return to its West Sussex oil site at Balcombe next week, according to the parish council.

UKOG plans “near-continuous” oil production from Horse Hill in 2019

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 16, 2019 • ( 11 Comments )

UK Oil and Gas, the major investor in the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey, has forecast that permanent production would be underway by next winter.

UKOG publishes numbers from Horse Hill oil tests

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 15, 2018 • ( 17 Comments )

The leading company behind exploration at the Horse Hill oil site near Gatwick said total production from the flow test so far had reached nearly 14,000 barrels.

Updated: New start time for Balcombe flow test

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 12, 2018 • ( 10 Comments )

Updated 13 September 2018 Angus Energy is now expected to begin a long-awaited flow test of the oil well at Balcombe in West Sussex in the last week of September. But this date depends on the company meeting conditions set by the Environment Agency.

UKOG announces early results from Horse Hill oil tests

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 18, 2018 • ( 6 Comments )

The first tanker of oil from the latest operations at the Horse Hill exploration site near Gatwick Airport has been sent to a refinery, UK Oil and Gas announced today.