Cuadrilla has confirmed that it will not be returning 50% of the area of its exploration licence in Lancashire as had been expected when the first term expires at the end of this month.
Oil and gas companies operating more than 40 onshore oil and gas licences face losing at least part of their acreage at the end of this month.
UK Oil & Gas Investments, one of the companies with interests in the Horse Hill exploratory oil well near Gatwick, has announced it is to invest an extra £4m in the Weald basin in southern England.
The Denver-based oil company, Magellan Petroleum, is looking to sell its interests in exploration licences and drilling plans in the Weald in southern England.
People living near proposed shale gas exploration sites have raised concerns over whether their communities will receive payments promised by the industry.
Gloucestershire councillors are to call on the government to ban fracking in their county.
In this Fracking Week in Westminster: Caroline Lucas asks about flood risk in drilling areas Chris Matheson asks about the methane leak in Porter Ranch, California Peers debate whether an amendment to a new bill could promote fracking in National Parks Thanks to TheyWorkForYou.com for the transcripts
The Swiss-based chemicals company, INEOS, looks unlikely to commit to shale gas surveying in Scotland until it knows whether the country’s moratorium on fracking will be lifted. A senior executive told DrillOrDrop he expects the company’s shale business will concentrate next on Cheshire and other areas of England, […]
The most viewed posts on DrillOrDrop in 2015 all reported on MPs and their attitudes to fracking.
DrillOrDrop published this new interactive map today showing which companies have got the new licences for fracking and conventional oil and gas exploration across England. The map shows the dominance of INEOS (orange) in North Yorkshire, the east Midlands and Cheshire, Cuadrilla (light green) in North Yorkshire and […]
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