planning permission – DRILL OR DROP?

Balcombe permission lapses – county council

Planning consent at the controversial Balcombe oil site in West Sussex has lapsed, officials confirmed today.

A well test at the controversial Balcombe oil site – scene of daily anti-fracking protests in summer 2013 – is looking unlikely.

Restoration of a Nottinghamshire oilfield needs another five years, Star Energy has told officials.

A government minister is to decide whether there should be a detailed environmental study of plans to expand oil production in rural Dorset.

Key information that will determine the future of the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey has been delayed, officials have revealed.

Work to plug and abandon wells at a dormant oil site in West Sussex is due to begin this month, DrillOrDrop has learned.

People are being inviting to give their views on proposals by Egdon Resources to drill for gas on the edge of Foxholes in the Yorkshire Wolds.

Long-awaited annual accounts for UK Oil & Gas plc show a £35m drop in the value of the company’s oil and gas assets.

The oil company at the centre of a landmark legal ruling on climate emissions has again delayed the publication of its annual report and accounts.

An official online petition is calling on the government to ban “small-scale fracking” for onshore oil and gas.