Campaigners and councillors have said they are shocked that a government-appointed inspector has overturned the refusal of planning permission for long-term oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).
The UK’s newest onshore oil production site has confirmed it is planning two new wells.
Government go-ahead for gas drilling in the Surrey village of Dunsfold breached planning rules, the High Court heard today.
Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.
A horizontal gas well at an East Yorkshire site is due to be drilled this autumn, the operator said today.
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in spring 2023 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
IGas plans for a new oil production site near the village of Glentworth in Lincolnshire have been published online.
Ministers have refused a request to overturn planning permission for expansion and long-term production at a Rathlin Energy oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Formal plans have been submitted for a new Lincolnshire oil site that could produce up to 90,000 tonnes a year.
Most people living near two proposed shale gas sites did not trust information from fracking companies, research has shown.
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