The Office for Environmental Protection has been given permission by the Supreme Court to intervene in a landmark legal challenge over the climate impact of oil production in Surrey.
Proposals by IGas for a new hydrocarbon site in Lincolnshire have been backed by county council planners, despite local opposition and official concerns about road safety.
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Residents have submitted their legal case over an extended test at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex.
UK Oil & Gas has announced plans to farmout work at its oil production site at Horse Hill in Surrey.
A major incident has been declared at Poole Harbour in Dorset after a leak from a pipeline from the Wytch Farm oil field.
Oil production at the IGas field at Horndean in Hampshire is expected to rise this year following the introduction of new pumps, one of the partners has said.
Another scheme to produce hydrogen from methane in Surrey has been opposed by county council planners.
The oil and gas industry regulator has began another investigation into the suspected failure of a company to comply with licence obligations.
Climate campaigners in East Sussex handed in a petition calling on the county council to stop investing in fossil fuels.
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