Autumn-winter 2024 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in autumn and winter 2024 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
East Sussex votes against fossil fuel divestment
East Sussex councillors voted this morning against ending pension fund investments in fossil fuels.
Activists scale council offices over fossil fuel divestment
Climate campaigners climbed onto to the roof of a council headquarters today in their bid to end pension fund investment in fossil fuels.
Cuadrilla’s progress report on mothballed frack site is late again
A progress report on decommissioning Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire is late, for the second time.
Carbon footprint of West Newton gas “significantly lower” than UK average – report
Potential gas production from two sites in East Yorkshire would have a significantly lower carbon footprint than the UK average, according to new estimates.
Archaeological challenge to Wressle expansion plans
Plans to extend an oil site and build a new pipeline should be refused unless more information is provided because it could affect a prehistoric cemetery, historians have warned.
Cuadrilla cuts value of oil and gas assets
The only company to frack horizontal shale gas wells onshore in the UK has cut the value of its exploration assets.
Council planners back two more years at Broadford Bridge oil site
The life of a mothballed exploration site should be extended for another two years to allow an oil company to review data from two other wells in southern England, council planners have recommended.
Wressle reserves upgraded
A report on the Wressle oil field in North Lincolnshire has upgraded reserves.
“Wressle workover successful” – partner
The workover of the well at the UK’s newest producing onshore oilfield has been “successfully concluded”, one of the partners reported today.
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