Company profile: UK Oil & Gas plc
As UK Oil & Gas publishes its latest results, DrillOrDrop reviews the company’s holdings, finances, plans and personnel.
Surrey MP calls for government investigation into earthquake link to oil exploration
As geologists continue to disagree about the cause of the Surrey earthquakes, a local MP has urged the government to investigate any link with oil operations.
Surrey villagers urged to challenge oil company over Dunsfold drilling plans
About 120 people attended a meeting this evening about plans by UK Oil and Gas to drill for oil near the Surrey village of Dunsfold, near Guildford.
Surrey residents report second earthquake in a week
People living near Newdigate in Surrey reported feeling another earth tremor this evening.
Oil production updates for Horse Hill and Lidsey
UK Oil & Gas plc has announced that production has resumed from the Portland oil formation at Horse Hill in Surrey.
Geologists link Surrey earthquakes to oil site as new tremor felt in the area
People living in the area of Surrey hit by earthquakes last summer felt another tremor this morning.
Surrey residents protest about impacts of 20-year oil production plans
People living around the Horse Hill oil site near Gatwick Airport have protested about long-term drilling and production plans.
Events diary – February 2019 and beyond
Keith Taylor MEP (second left) with opponents of oil drilling at the Horse Hill site near Horley. Photo: Office of Keith Taylor MEP Events in February 2019 and beyond about UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and campaigning.
UKOG statement: Markwells Wood abandoned and nine new wells planned by 2020
UKOG has confirmed it has abandoned its Markwells Wood site in the South Downs National Park. It has also given details of plans to drill nine new wells in southern England in the next two years.
UKOG plans “near-continuous” oil production from Horse Hill in 2019
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.
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