Updated: Planners back more time to restore Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.
Second recent probe into alleged failures to meet licence obligations
The oil and gas industry regulator has began another investigation into the suspected failure of a company to comply with licence obligations.
2022 UK onshore oil production sinks to lowest level for 34 years
Onshore oil production in the UK in 2022 slumped to the lowest level since 1989.
Offshore flaring halves in four years but onshore hits record high
Flaring in the North Sea has halved in the past four years, the industry regulator announced today. But analysis by DrillOrDrop shows that flaring at onshore fields reached record levels in 2022.
Latest UK onshore oil production – November 2022
DrillOrDrop’s review of the latest UK onshore oil data for November 2022 reveals the third consecutive monthly fall in daily production, halving output at Wressle and another record high for onshore flaring
Climate activists condemn surging oil and gas profits
Record profit announcements by Shell and Centrica show the energy system is broken, environmental campaigners said today.
“Largely non-operational” Cuadrilla profits from tax relief
Tax relief has pushed the shale gas company, Cuadrilla, into profit, company accounts have revealed.
Record high for opposition to fracking and record low for support – government survey
Opposition to fracking has reached a record high of 45%, according to a quarterly government survey of public attitudes.
Access work begins at West Newton B
Rathlin Energy reported this morning that work had begun on constructing the access to its new oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Campaigners close monitoring camp outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site
Anti-fracking campaigners have removed their round-the-clock monitoring camp opposite Cuadrilla’s shale gas site at Preston New Road in Lancashire.
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