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Helen Savage responds to government support for fracking from the West Sussex village of Balcombe, scene of anti-fracking protests in summer 2013.
Breaking: Brockham oil production plans approved
Plans to revive oil production at a small site in the Surrey greenbelt were approved this morning.
Wressle small-scale frack successful – Egdon
A controversial operation to improve oil flow at a site in Lincolnshire has been successful, the operator said this morning.
Wressle proppant squeeze delayed
The controversial proppant squeeze planned by Egdon Resources at its Wressle oil site in Lincolnshire has been delayed by up to four weeks.
Tributes to campaigner Max Rosenberg
Tributes have been paid to Max Rosenberg, a campaigner against the onshore oil and gas industry, who has died.
Date set for Dunsfold drilling inquiry
A public inquiry into plans for gas exploration wells near the Surrey village of Dunsfold is due to be held this summer.
Expansion and long-term production planned at East Yorkshire well site
Rathlin Energy has revealed proposals to add six new wells at its West Newton A wellsite in Holderness and seek consent for 25-years of production. In a short statement on its website, the company said it planned to drill, test and produce from up to six new wells. […]
“Time for fracking industry to move on”, say campaigners on moratorium anniversary
Opponents of fracking have used the first anniversary of the moratorium on fracking in England to call for the shale gas industry to give up.
Rathlin plans two new E Yorks well sites
Rathlin Energy has announced plans for two new exploration sites in East Yorkshire.
Campaigners commit to 24/7 monitoring of West Newton exploration site
Opponents of oil and gas exploration at West Newton in East Yorkshire have set up another camp to monitor operations in the area.
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