2025 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in 2025 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
Review of 2024: landmark judgement sparks tumult for onshore oil and gas
In 2024 the country’s highest court ruled on the climate impact of UK onshore oil and gas production, with tumultuous results for the industry.
Reabold Resources ups stake in Rathlin Energy
Reabold Resources has acquired a further 20.4% of shares in Rathlin Energy, the operator of two exploration sites in East Yorkshire.
Cuadrilla breaches planning consent over failure to abandon fracking wells
The UK’s most controversial shale gas site has failed to meet the deadline to plug two fracked wells – putting it in breach of planning consent.
UK onshore oil and gas production in figures and charts – September 2024
Monthly UK onshore oil production fell in September 2024 on all measures to the lowest level in the previous year, according to official data.
Autumn-winter 2024 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in autumn and winter 2024 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
England’s disappearing shale gas licences
Most of the official exploration licences issued nearly a decade ago in England’s bid to go “all out for shale” no longer exist.
UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – May 2024
Almost two-thirds of the gas flared onshore in the UK in May 2024 was from one site, at Singleton in West Sussex. Three fields were responsible for more than half the gas vented onshore.
West Newton gets more time for drilling plans
The industry regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has extended the deadline for drilling plans at the West Newton field in East Yorkshire, it was reported today.
West Newton to miss drilling deadlines
Rathlin Energy will fail to meet its obligations to drill a production well at West Newton in East Yorkshire because it can’t find the money, it was revealed today.
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