This post has news updates from the second morning of the public inquiry into plans by UK Oil & Gas plc to drill exploratory gas wells near the village of Dunsfold in Surrey.
More than one thousand people have signed a petition against oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds.
In this guest post, Ann Stewart, of Weald Action Group, argues that IGas plans to produce hydrogen from fossil fuels in Surrey appear to be an attempt to greenwash continued extraction of unabated methane. She says the schemes, if approved, would lock the county into decades of emissions […]
Another well at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton-B site is due to be drilled in the second half of 2021, according to an update to shareholders today.
Rathlin Energy has announced plans for two new exploration sites in East Yorkshire.
Colin Watson, a leading campaigner against fracking and shale gas developments in Cheshire, has died.
An objection to its oil drilling plans by the Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, was “a great surprise”, UK Oil & Gas said today.
The exploration and production company, IGas, said today it was reviewing its capital spending plans with the increase in the oil price.
Plans by IGas to drill and frack for shale gas on Ince Marshes in Cheshire appear to have been shelved.
Plans to produce oil for 25 years near the village of Puddletown in Dorset have prompted local objections and national concerns.
