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Planners back five more years at Cuadrilla’s suspended gas site

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 7, 2020 • ( 25 Comments )

Cuadrilla should be allowed to keep its long-standing Elswick gas production site, Lancashire planners said today, even though there’s been no extraction for more than seven years.

Union Jack Oil adds to stake in Lincolnshire oil exploration

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 24, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Union Jack Oil announced this morning it had increased its interest in the Biscathorpe oil site in Lincolnshire.

Is it up to China to decide whether fracking ever happens onshore in England?

By Guest Post on June 24, 2020 • ( 5 Comments )

In this guest post, researcher and anti-fracking campaigner Ben Dean argues there should be a change to the law which currently could allow the Chinese to influence shale gas exploration in England.

Shale gas companies get more time to explore

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 20, 2020 • ( 12 Comments )

Operators of a third of the UK’s newest onshore shale gas licences have been given more time for exploration.

North west shale write-offs push up losses as IGas focusses on East Midlands

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 10, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

Losses in IGas more than doubled in 2019 to more than £50m as the company turned its back on shale exploration in north west England, annual accounts have revealed.

Europa cuts costs to fund Wressle oil production

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 31, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Europa Oil & Gas, one of the main investors in oil production plans at Wressle, announced today it had cut salaries and cancelled non-core contracts because of the coronavirus outbreak and oil price falls.