West Newton fracturing heading for approval
Plans to carry out a lower-volume hydraulic fracture at the West Newton-A oil and gas site in East Yorkshire look likely to get the go-ahead.
Reform council unanimously opposes Burniston fracking plan
The Reform-led Scarborough Town Council has voted unanimously against plans for lower volume fracking in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston.
Updated: Bid for two-year delay to frack site restoration published
Cuadrilla’s latest attempt to extend the deadline for site restoration of its fracked shale gas site near Blackpool has been published.
Burniston gas plan qualifies as fracking – expert legal opinion
A council is being urged to refuse plans that would use a form of fracking to explore for gas at Burniston near the North York Moors National Park.
Egdon meeting on Foxholes gas plans
Egdon Resources says it is giving more details this week of its new plans to explore for gas near a village in North Yorkshire.
Balcombe loses appeal over Angus Energy oil test
Residents in Balcombe in West Sussex have lost a legal challenge against testing an oil well in their village.
Burniston’s unanimous rejection of Europa gas plans
Parish councillors voted by 8 to nil to object to plans for gas exploration and small-scale hydraulic fracturing in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston. About 100 people attending an extraordinary meeting last night also unanimously opposed the scheme in a show-of-hands.
New twists in the F-word debate
A gas company that criticised campaigners for using the word ‘fracking’ for a well operation in North Yorkshire used the same term for the same process in correspondence with officials.
Officials back plans to import wastewater to Brockham oil site
Planners are supporting proposals to tanker wastewater from oil wells in southern England to inject into site in a Surrey village to boost production.
Long-awaited North Yorkshire gas plan published
Plans to drill for gas and carry out small-scale fracturing near a North Yorkshire village have been published, eight months after they were first announced.
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