25 years of oil and gas extraction from a site in East Yorkshire is unlikely to have significant effects on the environment, council planners have ruled.
The company behind oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey has announced plans to develop geothermal energy at the site.
The company behind rejected oil production plans in the Lincolnshire Wolds has now applied to extend the life of another site for a third time.
Rathlin Energy has given more details of revised extension and production plans at its West Newton-A oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Councillors on the Isle of Wight will decide later this month whether to give the go-ahead for oil exploration at Arreton.
Opponents of 20 years of production and six new wells at an oil field in East Yorkshire have been celebrating the refusal of planning permission.
Opponents and supporters of plans for a major expansion of an oil site in East Yorkshire put their cases to councillors this afternoon.
Initial plans by an oil company for a major expansion in East Yorkshire will not be disclosed to the public – even though they have apparently been seen by more than 20 officials and organisations.
Michael Gove has replaced Robert Jenrick as secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.
Major plans for oil and gas production in East Yorkshire are “fundamentally flawed and should be refused”, experts said today.
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