Third Energy challenges order to plug and abandon its Ryedale gas wells
An official order could block plans by a former fracking company to use gas wells in North Yorkshire to test alternative technologies.
Judge dismisses challenge on decommissioning costs of Third Energy wells
An anti-fracking campaigner who argued that the cost of decommissioning Third Energy’s gas wells in North Yorkshire could fall on the taxpayer has lost his legal case. Eddie Thornton told the high court in July that the industry regulator, the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA,) had failed to […]
October 2020 headlines
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Third Energy seeks geothermal heat from old Ryedale gas wells
A company that tried to frack in North Yorkshire three years ago says it wants to re-use old gas sites for renewable energy.
Council votes to extend life of Ryedale gas fields to 2035
Third Energy’s Ryedale gas fields can continue working until 2035, councillors in North Yorkshire unanimously agreed today, despite hearing that the most recent “meaningful production” at some sites was in 2012.
Government clears way to extend life of suspended Ryedale gas fields
A bid to allow gas fields in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire to operate until 2035 is now likely to be approved after a government ruling.
Live news updates: Councillors support plans for Third Energy Ryedale gas sites
This post has live news on Third Energy’s bid to extend the life of its gas production sites in Ryedale.
“UK politics currently too uncertain for fracking” – Third Energy
Third Energy, the company behind plans to frack in North Yorkshire, has announced it now has no immediate shale gas plans.
Anti-fracking campaigner files High Court challenge over oil and gas clean-up costs
Legal papers were submitted this morning in a challenge against the shale gas regulator about who should pay for decommissioning sites.
Ryedale Tories make “historic” break with government in call for local fracking moratorium
Conservatives in the North Yorkshire district of Ryedale say they are sending a “historic message” by calling for a local moratorium on fracking until at least 2023.
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