Updated: Protester occupies drilling rig in Sussex
A campaigner opposed to onshore oil and gas exploration climbed onto a drilling rig at a service station in West Sussex early this morning.
New applications for W Sussex oil sites at Broadford Bridge and Lidsey
Operators of two oil sites in West Sussex are seeking new permissions from regulators.
Lidsey: Approval for drilling but rig delayed and planning permission breached again within days of council warning
West Sussex County Council confirmed today that there had been another breach of planning permission at the Angus Energy oil site at Lidsey, near Bognor Regis.
August 2017 Drilling headlines
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Complaint of planning breach at second Angus Energy oil exploration site
West Sussex County Council has told the oil company, Angus Energy, that it must use the approved route into an oil exploration site at Lidsey, near Bognor Regis, after a complaint about planning breaches.
May 2017 drilling headlines
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Angus comes step closer to drilling new oil well at Lidsey, West Sussex
Details of a new oil well in West Sussex emerged today when Angus Energy announced it had received final planning consent at its Lidsey site near Bognor Regis.
