September 2023 headlines
Keep up to date with September 2023’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
Map reveals new or extended onshore oil and gas projects
New onshore oil and gas developments are planned at 15 sites in England, a new map reveals, as leading scientists insist additional fossil fuel operations are incompatible with fighting climate change.
Access work begins at West Newton B
Rathlin Energy reported this morning that work had begun on constructing the access to its new oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Is Third Energy’s N Yorks gas pipeline in the wrong place?
A pipeline linking Third Energy’s gas production sites in the Vale of Pickering appears to be in the wrong place, North Yorkshire planners have told the company.
New Wressle application published with wrong location plan
The latest application by Egdon Resources for the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe has been published on the North Lincolnshire Council website. But a key document – one of the location plans – is for a site about 100 miles away.
September 2015 fracking headlines
DRILLORDROP’S 1,000TH POST Our digest of September’s headlines about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas developments – and reaction to them – in the UK and around the world.
Solo Oil reveals licence bid for Isle of Wight
Solo Oil plc reveals in its half-yearly report out today (29th September 2015) that it bid for oil and gas exploration licences on the Isle of Wight.
New 14th Round interactive map and portal on DrillOrDrop
DrillOrDrop has launched an interactive map and portal for information on the 14th Licensing Round, announced on 18th August 2015 by the Oil and Gas Authority. Click here to go to the map and portal. For each of the 159 licence blocks, you can see a large-scale map, […]
Could your area be drilled under the new oil and gas licences?
On 18th August 2015, the government announced the first set of oil and gas exploration licences to be awarded in England for seven years. The 27 licences are mainly in the east Midlands, south Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. But they also cover small areas in Lancashire and north Yorkshire. […]
Multiple failings with Third Energy’s fracking application revealed
Third Energy’s planning application to frack in Ryedale contained missing, incorrect, vague and conflicting information. It used out-of-date maps and failed to consider the effect of fracking on air quality at a neighbouring tourist resort and caravan and camping park. Crucially, the application did not make it clear […]
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