Councils’ joint fight against Rathlin Energy expansion and production plan
East Yorkshire villages are to work together to oppose plans for expansion and production at an oil and gas site.
Councillors ask Rathlin Energy for community fund
Three East Yorkshire councillors have asked an oil company to establish a community fund if its expansion plans are successful.
Major onshore oil production application published
Detailed plans for one of the UK’s largest onshore oil production schemes in recent years have been published.
Rathlin reports £1m+ loss in 2020
Rathlin Energy, the operator of two oil and gas sites in East Yorkshire, has declared an annual loss in 2020 of £1,015,920. This was slightly smaller than the previous year.
Rathlin’s 25-year oil drilling plans “not likely to have significant effects on the environment”, says minister
Plans by Rathlin Energy for long-term oil production at a site in East Yorkshire do not need a detailed environmental study, a government minister has ruled.
Rathlin pledges to cut daily tanker numbers in West Newton plan
Rathlin Energy has said it will reduce the daily number of tankers visiting its proposed oil production site in East Yorkshire, in response to public concerns.
West Newton B well test – equipment mobilised
Rathlin Energy has confirmed that it began to mobilise equipment today to complete and test the well at its West Newton B site in East Yorkshire.
EA defends permit change at East Yorkshire wellsite
The Environment Agency has defended the way it approved changes to the rules governing an oil site in East Yorkshire.
More delay on ministerial ruling on West Newton A wellsite
The local government secretary needs more time to decide whether expansion plans at an oil site in East Yorkshire need a detailed environmental study.
Call for suspension of permit changes at East Yorkshire wellsite
New rules at an East Yorkshire oil and gas site should be suspended because of alleged inconsistencies by the environmental regulator, a resident has argued.
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