Updated: Increased prices and production turn loss to profit for Egdon Resources
The operator of the Wressle oil field in North Lincolnshire reported a 500% increase in oil and gas revenues in its latest interim accounts today.
Cambo licence extension – a “doomed oilfield on life support”, say campaigners
Environmental campaigners have criticised the decision to allow more time to develop the controversial Cambo oil field, west of Shetland.
UK shale gas regulator refunds licence fees because of fracking moratorium
Shale gas companies have received refunds on their onshore licence fees because of the moratorium on fracking in England.
Cuadrilla spent $0.9m in six months on fracking strategies and licence admin
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, spent $900,000 in six months last year mostly on strategies to lift the fracking moratorium and administer its UK licences, it emerged today.
“No new fossil fuel projects compatible with stable climate” – campaign group
Opponents of fossil fuel developments in southern England have described the government’s climate criteria for future oil and gas licences as “inherently flawed”.
Another UK onshore oil company closes
The UK onshore oil and gas exploration firm, Hutton Energy UK Limited, was dissolved today.
Review of Lidsey oil field alters target location
The target of the Lidsey oil field in West Sussex is not where it was previously predicted, the operator said today.
The “energy revolution” that has produced no gas
The licensing of thousands of square miles of English countryside for fracking five years ago has resulted in no wells and no oil or gas.
Views sought on Biscathorpe oil production plans in Lincolnshire Wolds AONB
People are being asked to comment on plans for oil drilling and production near a rare chalk stream in the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Ineos drops permit for work on Antwerp chemical facility
Ineos has withdrawn its environmental permit for the first phase of a controversial, multi-billion chemical complex in the port of Antwerp.
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