Officials consider measures to enforce restoration of IGas Notts shale site
Conservative-controlled Nottinghamshire County Council is looking at options to ensure IGas restores the Springs Road shale gas site at Misson.
Surrey villagers continue fight against gas site
The community group, Protect Dunsfold, has said it is not giving up its challenge to UKOG’s Loxley gas site in Surrey.
Jacob Rees-Mogg rules out local referendums on fracking and says shale gas companies could canvas door-door
The business secretary has rejected local referendums as a measure of public consent for fracking.
People “strongly in favour” of using old gas wells for geothermal scheme – consultation
More than 80% of people have supported plans for reusing former gas wells in North Yorkshire to provide renewable energy, according to survey findings published today.
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Angus Energy announces new start date for Saltfleetby sidetrack
Drilling of a delayed sidetrack at the Saltfleetby gasfield in Lincolnshire will begin next month, the site operator, Angus Energy, has said.
Updated: Rathlin Energy reveals plans for 15 wells at West Newton
15 wells would be drilled in a decade in a rural part of East Yorkshire, according to a plan by Rathlin Energy for its West Newton gasfield in East Yorkshire.
Losses widen at Ineos shale company
Ineos Upstream, the company holding the largest number of shale gas licences in England, declared a loss of £3.679m in 2021. This was up more than 60% on the loss of £2.279m the year before.
Shares fall on West Newton gas production update
Any commercial gas production at West Newton in East Yorkshire is about four years away, companies behind the plans revealed this morning.
UK oil and gas production set to miss emissions target in 2030
Carbon emissions from UK oil and gas production fell by more than a fifth from 2018-21, the industry regulator said in a report published today. But the sector is not on course to meet its emissions reduction target in 2030 and carbon pollution per gallon of oil actually […]
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