Surface water from Cuadrilla fracking site to go into nearby brook
Cuadrilla has got the go-ahead to pipe rain water falling on its fracking site near Blackpool into a local brook.
Treatment site confirmed for Cuadrilla fracking flowback fluid
Some of the waste flowback fluid from Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire was taken to a treatment centre in Leeds, the Environment Agency (EA) has confirmed.
Regulators accused of “extraordinary hands-off” approach to South Downs oil well
An oil exploration well in one of the most sensitive parts of the country has lacked scrutiny because of legal loopholes.
Angus Energy gives details of work to find Brockham water zone
The operation to identify a water zone in Angus Energy’s Brockham sidetrack well in Surrey has been estimated by the company to take up to 10 weeks.
Technical terms in fracking consultation “misled the public” over harm from chemicals
People have been excluded from a public consultation over fracking chemicals by the use of technical language, an industrial chemist has complained.
Weekend long read: Promises, promises. Will operators meet their drilling commitments and does it matter?
Time is running out for UK onshore oil and gas companies that were awarded exploration licences in the most recent government licensing round.
Council threatens to evict monitoring camp outside West Newton well site
People monitoring drilling at Rathlin Energy’s East Yorkshire well site are fighting a council threat of eviction to a road-side camp.
