April 2020 diary
DrillOrDrop’s listing of events about UK onshore oil and gas and campaigns.
UKOG injunction accused of “bullying” and “breach of right to protest”
A group of campaigners will argue at the High Court tomorrow (2/4/2020) that an oil company’s injunction against protest is “unlawful, unfair and breaches the rights to free speech”.
Could Wressle inquiry be the first test for fracking U-turn?
A public inquiry which opens tomorrow into oil plans in north Lincolnshire could see the first examination of the government moratorium on fracking.
Live news updates: Day 1 of inquiry into Ineos shale gas plans at Woodsetts
This post has live news updates from the opening of the public inquiry into Ineos Upstream’s shale gas plans in the South Yorkshire village of Woodsetts.
Start date fixed for second Wressle inquiry
The public inquiry into plans for long-term oil production at Egdon Resource’s Wressle site near Scunthorpe is to begin on 5 November 2019.
Live news updates: Day 3 of IGas Ellesmere Port inquiry
This post has live news updates from Day 3 of the inquiry into IGas plans to test for gas flows at its well at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.
Breaking: High Court quashes Friends of the Earth challenge to Cuadrilla’s fracking permit
The campaign organisation, Friends of the Earth, has lost its legal challenge to one of key consents that allowed Cuadrilla to frack the UK’s first horizontal shale gas well.
