UK Oil & Gas plc announced this morning its 50% acquisition in the Basur-Resan oil licence in south east Turkey has been officially approved. The company said it was now a named party on the licence.
Two campaigners who locked themselves together outside the Horse Hill oil site near Gatwick Airport more than a year ago will not be prosecuted.
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Official oil production at the Horse Hill site in Surrey has fallen to its lowest level so far, according to monthly data released today.
2020 was a frack free year in the UK because the shale gas industry failed to persuade ministers to lift blocks on the process.
An environmental campaigner has failed in her legal challenge about the climate effects of long-term oil extraction near Gatwick Airport.
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Monthly oil, water and gas production were all up at Horse Hill in Surrey, the UK’s newest onshore production site, according to the latest official data.
Four people who took part in a protest at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey in June have said their actions have been vindicated after charges were dropped.
Surrey County Council was challenged today at the High Court over its approval of two decades of oil extraction near Gatwick Airport.
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