Campaigners toast end of Notts shale gas site
Shale gas opponents were celebrating victory today in a 10-year David and Goliath battle in Nottinghamshire.
Doriemus to pull out of Brockham oil licence
Doriemus is to sell its interest in the Brockham oil licence in Surrey to the operator, Angus Energy.
Judgement reserved in challenge to Ineos fracking protest injunction
Three law lords have reserved their decision in an appeal against the protest injunction granted to the fracking company, Ineos.
The acid debate – what the Environment Agency says about acidising oil and gas wells and how campaigners respond
The use of acid in oil and gas wells is dividing opinion across the country, particularly in southern England and parts of the East Midlands.
What’s happening this week? 20-26 June 2016
DrillOrDrop’s weekly update of events about fracking, onshore oil and gas and the campaigns around them. Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for the rest of June and later in the year here
Horse Hill: another report, another estimate of oil in play
UK Oil & Gas, one of the companies behind the Horse Hill well near Gatwick, announced this morning a new estimate of up to 9.2bn barrels of oil in its licence areas.
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