April 2020 diary
DrillOrDrop’s listing of events about UK onshore oil and gas and campaigns.
April 2020 headlines
You can keep up with the news here with our digest of headlines about UK fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas, updated daily.
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”.
UKOG delays capital spending because of coronavirus
UK Oil & Gas plc said today it had delayed its capital expenditure programme because of the covid-19 outbreak.
Campaigners ask court to scrap UKOG injunction against oil and gas protests
Lawyers for five opponents of oil and gas operations in southern England have applied to the High Court to strike out an interim injunction granted to UKOG against protests at its sites.
Oil company seeks to add 100+ people to protest injunction
The oil company, UKOG, has listed 116 extra people who it says should be covered by a High Court injunction granted against protests at its drilling sites.
Cuadrilla’s injunction drops bar on key fracking protests
Important sections of the injunction against protests outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool have been abandoned.
Review of 2019
2019 saw a Conservative government withdraw its support from fracking and introduce a moratorium on the process.
UKOG considers contempt of court action against Horse Hill protesters
The oil company behind oil drilling at Horse Hill near Gatwick Airport said it was considering whether to take legal action against two climate protesters.
Judgement postponed in challenge to Cuadrilla’s fracking injunction
The ruling has been delayed in an appeal by the first campaigners found guilty of breaching an injunction against anti-fracking protests.
