Flaring in the North Sea has halved in the past four years, the industry regulator announced today. But analysis by DrillOrDrop shows that flaring at onshore fields reached record levels in 2022.
Routine flaring on oil and gas fields should be banned by 2025, a review of the government’s net zero strategy has concluded.
Just three onshore wells were drilled in 2022, despite record oil and gas prices.
The climate-damaging gas methane is still being released at English onshore oil sites, a year after researchers revealed the problem.
Opponents of fossil fuel developments in southern England have described the government’s climate criteria for future oil and gas licences as “inherently flawed”.
The UK government is seeking views on new climate criteria that oil and gas projects must meet to be approved.
A new report published today shows that the UK has increased its oil and gas production since declaring a climate emergency in 2019.
The regulator of the oil and gas industry has no power to secure decommissioning of onshore sites, the High Court heard today.
UK onshore oil production fell in 2019 to its lowest point for eight years, official data has revealed.
In this guest post, anti-fracking campaigner and researcher, Ben Dean, argues that successive Conservative-led governments have failed to have full confidence in the onshore fracking industry.
