The former fracking company, Cuadrilla, has lost its bid for more time to restore its Lancashire shale gas site at Preston New Road, near Blackpool.
Officials in Lancashire are recommending refusal of a bid to extend the life of the mothballed Preston New Road fracking site near Blackpool.
Officials have supported plans for more drilling and oil production at a mothballed site in rural Dorset.
A key industry regulator has objected to plans for gas exploration and a form of fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire.
Proposals by IGas for a new hydrocarbon site in Lincolnshire have been backed by county council planners, despite local opposition and official concerns about road safety.
Another scheme to produce hydrogen from methane in Surrey has been opposed by county council planners.
Councillors in Surrey have refused permission for a scheme to produce hydrogen at a gas site near Bletchingley.
Proposals to extend the life of a dormant oil site for a fourth time have been supported by West Sussex planners.
Council officials have supported plans for more oil production at a small site in the Surrey greenbelt, saying it would help meet a “growing demand” for hydrocarbons.
Council officials have recommended approval of major plans for production, drilling and extension at Rathlin Energy’s well site at West Newton-A.
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