The constituencies of senior members of the cabinet will be untouched by fracking. But key red wall seats taken by the Conservatives from Labour in 2019, often with small majorities, are in shale gas areas.
One of the investors in the Wressle oil field in North Lincolnshire is lending £1m to another.
The East Yorkshire based oil and gas firm, Rathlin Energy, has said climate change will not affect its future operations.
The company behind plans to explore for gas near a Surrey village has threatened to sue a senior local councillor for libel.
UK Oil & Gas has revealed that it has given up its licence to explore for hydrocarbons on the Isle of Wight.
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.
Environmental campaigners have criticised the decision to allow more time to develop the controversial Cambo oil field, west of Shetland.
Shale gas companies have received refunds on their onshore licence fees because of the moratorium on fracking in England.
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.
Opponents of fossil fuel developments in southern England have described the government’s climate criteria for future oil and gas licences as “inherently flawed”.
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