The site at the centre of a landmark legal challenge is seeking to produce more than 600,000 tonnes of oil over the next 20 years, releasing about two million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
The government said today there was no evidence of risk from lower volume fracking. This suggests, for the first time, that the government’s proposed ban on fracking will not include lower-volume processes, such as proppant squeeze.
A proposal for a new sidetrack production well at the Whisby oilfield in Lincolnshire is back with planners – three years after it was previously approved.
DRILL OR DROP? 