Consultation underway on delay to Cuadrilla’s frack site restoration
People are invited to comment on a bid by Cuadrilla to extend the life of its former fracking site near Blackpool. A public consultation runs until Thursday 7 August 2025.
Elswick gas site gets five more years
Cuadrilla’s Elswick gas production site near Blackpool has been granted a five-year extension.
Updated: Bid for two-year delay to frack site restoration published
Cuadrilla’s latest attempt to extend the deadline for site restoration of its fracked shale gas site near Blackpool has been published.
Horse Hill one year on – no site clearance date
The Horse Hill well pad in Surrey still has no final date for site clearance, a year after the Supreme Court quashed its planning permission, officials have confirmed.
Cuadrilla to seek more time at fracking site – days before restoration deadline
The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has revealed it is to seek two more years at its mothballed shale gas site near Blackpool – just four days before the land should have been returned to agriculture.
Barton Moss and Doe Green wells abandoned – Star Energy accounts
Wells at two key sites in the UK’s failed shale gas revolution have been abandoned.
Action over delays at mothballed oil site
Council officials have taken action against the operator and owner of a West Sussex dormant oil site over clean-up delays.
New Yorkshire gas drilling plans revealed
Egdon Resources wants to drill for gas at a new site between Bridlington and Scarborough, official documents have shown.
2025 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in 2025 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
What to watch in 2025
DrillOrDrop will be reporting in 2025 on the continuing repercussions of the Finch judgement at the Supreme Court.
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