Campaigners pledge to fight future oil production in Balcombe
Opponents of oil operations in the West Sussex village of Balcombe have vowed to fight any future proposals for production, despite losing a recent legal challenge.
Opponents of oil operations in the West Sussex village of Balcombe have vowed to fight any future proposals for production, despite losing a recent legal challenge.
The former fracking company, Cuadrilla, is seeking another five years to extract gas from its site at Elswick, in Lancashire.
Cuadrilla’s former fracking site in Lancashire passed a milestone event this morning.
Alba Mineral Resources has cut by 94% the value of its stake in Horse Hill – the Surrey oil site at the centre of last year’s landmark Supreme Court judgement.
Another council has voted unanimously against plans to drill for gas at Burniston in North Yorkshire.
Residents in Balcombe in West Sussex have lost a legal challenge against testing an oil well in their village.
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.
Council officials have taken action against the operator and owner of a West Sussex dormant oil site over clean-up delays.
The onshore oil company at the centre of a landmark Supreme Court judgement has announced trading would be suspended because its annual accounts would not be published on time.
There is still no date for final clearance of the oil site at the centre of a Supreme Court landmark judgement issued nine months ago.