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UKOG reveals reasons for Weald licence surrender

An official report by UK Oil & Gas plc reveals why it gave up a licence to develop hydrocarbons in parts of Surrey and West Sussex.

Officials in Lancashire are recommending refusal of a bid to extend the life of the mothballed Preston New Road fracking site near Blackpool.

Plans to carry out a lower-volume hydraulic fracture at the West Newton-A oil and gas site in East Yorkshire look likely to get the go-ahead.

The oil company at the centre of a landmark legal ruling on climate emissions has again delayed the publication of its annual report and accounts.

Egdon Resources has given formal notice that it will apply for planning permission for gas exploration near the North Yorkshire village of Foxholes.

Another council has voted unanimously against plans to drill for gas at Burniston in North Yorkshire.

The UK’s biggest onshore gas producer has reported an annual loss of more than £4m, down more than 100% on the profit in the year before.

Ambitious claims about potential production from a shale gas discovery in Lincolnshire have been described as “so misleading as to be ridiculous”.

A council which declared a climate state of emergency was paid by an oil company in its latest bid for long-term production.

DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in 2025 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.