Court date set for legal challenge over oil and gas clean-up costs
A legal challenge against the oil and gas industry regulator will be heard at the High Court next month (July 2020).
Reabold increases stake in West Newton licence
Reabold Resources has increased its stake in oil and gas exploration at West Newton in East Yorkshire to more than 50%.
Shale gas companies get more time to explore
Operators of a third of the UK’s newest onshore shale gas licences have been given more time for exploration.
Cuadrilla predicts no fracking in 2020 and looks to conventional prospects
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla Resources, is looking at conventional oil and gas opportunities in the UK after predicting no fracking this year.
Minister dismisses call to extend fracking moratorium
The government has no plans to extend the moratorium on fracking to other forms of well stimulation, correspondence has revealed.
“Fracking moratorium more likely to be reversed by politics than science”
Updated 24 April 2020 The investment bank, VSA Capital, has hinted that politics, rather than science, could overturn the moratorium on onshore fracking in England.
2019 UK onshore oil production continues downward trend
UK onshore oil production fell in 2019 to its lowest point for eight years, official data has revealed.
Campaigner seeks legal challenge over ownership change of fracking firm Cuadrilla
A government agency has been accused of acting unlawfully in the way it dealt with the change of ownership of the fracking firm, Cuadrilla.
Regulator promises “flexibility” on compliance and licences during coronavirus
The Oil & Gas Authority has said it is working with the industry during the covid-19 outbreak to safeguard energy supply and jobs.
UKOG announces OGA production consent for Horse Hill oil site
UKOG has announced that it has consent for long-term production from its Horse Hill site in Surrey from the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA).
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