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.
Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.
The oil and gas industry regulator has began another investigation into the suspected failure of a company to comply with licence obligations.
Onshore oil production in the UK in 2022 slumped to the lowest level since 1989.
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.
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
Record profit announcements by Shell and Centrica show the energy system is broken, environmental campaigners said today.
Tax relief has pushed the shale gas company, Cuadrilla, into profit, company accounts have revealed.
Opposition to fracking has reached a record high of 45%, according to a quarterly government survey of public attitudes.
Rathlin Energy reported this morning that work had begun on constructing the access to its new oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Anti-fracking campaigners have removed their round-the-clock monitoring camp opposite Cuadrilla’s shale gas site at Preston New Road in Lancashire.