Breaking: Map of new oil and gas licences
Within the past few minutes, the government released a map of the new onshore oil and gas licences. Link to the map More details soon
Campaigners declare victory as Rathlin abandons Crawberry Hill over costs
Rathlin Energy has announced it is abandoning its exploratory well at Crawberry Hill in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Campaigners against Rathlin’s work say they will gather at the site near Beverley today in celebration.
Final call for comments on oil and gas consultations
The deadlines are approaching for comments on four public consultations on onshore oil and gas plans. Two consultations are about proposals by Third Energy to reinject waste water at gas sites in North Yorkshire. Comments for these consultations must be submitted by just before midnight tomorrow (Thursday 30th […]
Drilling diary – August 2015
Events, conferences and key dates this month on fracking and onshore oil and gas. Updated throughout the month as we hear about events. Please let us know if we’ve not included your dates by clicking here. Saturday 1st August 2015 Friends of the Earth Fracking get-together and climate organiser […]
Fracking Week in Westminster – w/e 24th July 2015
In the final week at Westminster before the parliamentary recess: Lords asked questions over changes to the planning system for fracking and community vetoes for shale gas And an MP criticised the Government for a u-turn on policy to allow fracking from Sites of Special Scientific Interest With […]
14th round: first oil and gas licenses to be announced in August
The Government has announced a timetable for releasing the results of the 14th round of onshore oil and gas licences. A statement on a government webpage (see section headed First tranche of awards) says the awards will be announced in two sections, starting next month. The release of […]
Five onshore wells drilled in six months
The latest government information shows five onshore oil and gas wells were completed in the UK in first half of 2015. This is two fewer than for the same time last year and four down on 2013.
Fracking Week in Westminster – w/e 17th July 2015
The new MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk used his maiden speech to oppose fracking. Also this week: more fracking parliamentary questions from Preston’s Mark Hendrick. With thanks to TheyWorkForYou.com for the transcripts.
Government allows fracking under – but not in – National Parks
As MP prepare to leave parliament for the summer, the government has announced it is to ban fracking from the surface of National Parks and some other protected areas. But under new rules operators will be allowed to frack underneath these areas from outside their boundaries. Several environmental […]
Cuadrilla hits out at “scaremongering” and “polluting propaganda” of anti-fracking campaigners
A small but influential group of people have changed public perception against shale gas, Cuadrilla’s commercial director told a committee of MPs this afternoon. Tony Carruthers blamed anti-fracking campaigners for what he called “ridiculous scaremongering” and said their propaganda had been “extraordinarily successful”.
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