2025 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in 2025 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
Northern Ireland to ban all onshore oil and gas operations
The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed to ban exploration and production of all forms of onshore oil and gas.
Northern Ireland to ban fracking and onshore oil and gas operations
All onshore petroleum operations, including fracking, are to be banned in Northern Ireland and no new licences will be granted from now on, it was announced today.
Woodburn Forest drilling licence relinquished
The petroleum licence which saw drilling for oil in Woodburn Forest in Northern Ireland has been relinquished.
Baroness introduces bill to ban fracking and hydrocarbon licensing
A peer is seeking to change the law to ban fracking and the licensing of oil and gas exploration.
“Biscathorpe analysis raises hopes in PEDL253” – drilling companies
A drilling licence in Lincolnshire remains one of the UK’s largest untested onshore prospects, Union Jack said today, even though the most recent well was suspended without finding oil or gas.
Investigation reveals high failure rate for onshore oil and gas licences
In the week that IGas confirmed its Tinker Lane well had missed the Bowland shale, campaigner Ben Dean investigates the high failure rate of UK onshore oil and gas licences in the past two decades.
Does Rathlin Energy have enough time to test and drill at Crawberry Hill?
Rathlin Energy has revealed testing and drilling plans for its exploration site at Crawberry Hill near Beverley in East Yorkshire. But there are questions over whether the company can complete the work programme before its planning permission expires in October.
Infrastructure Bill becomes an Act – what’s finally in it and what do people think about it?
The Infrastructure Bill, which included measures to make it easier for oil and gas companies to drill under private land, received its royal assent this morning. Last night, in the final debate, MPs passed a set of conditions on fracking which many believed had been watered down by […]
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