Minister to decide planning appeal on Dunsfold gas site
The decision on the Dunsfold/Loxley gas exploration site in Surrey is to be made by the communities’ secretary, Michael Gove, it was announced this afternoon.
2021 review of the year
2021 was a year when key decision-makers, institutions and the public said no to the onshore oil and gas industry, often for the first time.
IGas and Third Energy join project to store CO2 and hydrogen in old wells
IGas has confirmed it is part of a consortium of academics and industry to turn exhausted oil and gas wells into test sites to bury carbon dioxide and store hydrogen.
Government plans for low carbon heat “lack ambition”, say critics
Government proposals to encourage low carbon heating systems are good but not good enough, critics said today.
Details published for IGas’s Bletchingley hydrogen plans
IGas proposals to produce hydrogen at a second site in Surrey have been published.
IGas writes off £10m from shale gas exploration but still seeks end to fracking moratorium
IGas has confirmed it has relinquished the Tinker Lane shale gas licence in Nottinghamshire and written off £10m in exploration costs. But the company said it was continuing to work with regulators and government to end the moratorium on fracking in England.
September 2021 headlines
Keep up with September 2021’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
IGas seeks planning approval for Surrey hydrogen schemes
IGas confirmed this morning it had submitted planning applications for two hydrogen schemes at gas sites in Surrey.
Head of hydrogen trade body quits over “expensive distraction” of blue hydrogen
The chair of the UK’s largest hydrogen association has resigned saying blue hydrogen risks locking the country into fossil fuels.
Consultation opens on low-carbon standard for blue hydrogen
The government is seeking views on setting a low-carbon standard for blue hydrogen.
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