Campaigner warns of legal challenge over expansion of North Lincs oil and gas site
An environmental activist has threatened legal action over the expansion of the Wressle oil and gas site near Scunthorpe.
An environmental activist has threatened legal action over the expansion of the Wressle oil and gas site near Scunthorpe.
Planners at North Lincolnshire Council have granted planning permission for more drilling and small-scale fracking in an expansion of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe.
The UK’s second largest onshore oil production site has published proposals to increase its footprint by about a third and drill two new wells.
The operator of the Wressle oilfield in North Lincolnshire said today it wanted to extend the site and add two new production wells that would extract hydrocarbons for 10-15 years.
Two new wells planned for the UK’s newest onshore oil production site are likely to be stimulated by proppant squeeze, a small-scale hydraulic fracture.
A controversial operation to improve oil flow at a site in Lincolnshire has been successful, the operator said this morning.
Images of Egdon Resources’ Wressle site in North Lincolnshire revealed the mobilisation of additional equipment today.
Work on the oil site at Wressle, near Scunthorpe, is now underway, the operator, Egdon Resources, said this morning.
Work to start oil production at the Wressle site near Scunthorpe is still awaiting the discharge of planning conditions.
North Lincolnshire Council has paid costs of £403,000 after losing an appeal on plans for oil production at Wressle, the site operator has confirmed.