Burniston MP to quiz minister on fracking ban
The MP for the North Yorkshire village of Burniston, where there are plans for a form of fracking, has promised to question the government on its commitment to ban the process.
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.
Climate emissions from Wressle expansion “not significant”, says operator
An expanded oil and gas site at Wressle in North Lincolnshire could add more than 900,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over its life, a new report has shown.
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.
Burniston fracking protest
Anti-fracking campaigners were outside council headquarters in North Yorkshire again today – nearly nine years after councillors approved plans for hydraulic fracturing in Ryedale.
New Yorkshire gas drilling plans revealed
Egdon Resources wants to drill for gas at a new site between Bridlington and Scarborough, official documents have shown.
Updated: Europa commits to environmental assessment for Burniston drilling
Europa Oil & Gas has promised to carry out a detailed study of the environmental impact of its plans to drill on the North Yorkshire Heritage Coast, despite a ministerial ruling that the assessment is not needed.
Expansion plans withdrawn for Saltfleetby gas field
Angus Energy has withdrawn proposals to drill four new wells at the UK’s largest onshore producing gas field.
Archaeological challenge to Wressle expansion plans
Plans to extend an oil site and build a new pipeline should be refused unless more information is provided because it could affect a prehistoric cemetery, historians have warned.
Time for tea? Could mothballed West Sussex oil well provide heat for tea production?
A suspended oil site in West Sussex, where no work has been carried out for nearly six years, could supply geothermal heat for farming, including tea production, according to new plans.
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