Council prepared to enforce restoration of mothballed oil site
Council planners are “in active dialogue” with an oil company over restoring the mothballed exploration site at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex.
Royal estate does not respond to request over Burniston gas drilling plan
The private estate owned by the King did not respond to an approach to allow gas exploration on its land near the village Burniston, in North Yorkshire.
End of the line for Broadford Bridge?
A mothballed oil exploration site in West Sussex looks is if must now be restored to farmland.
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.
Anti-fracking reunion at Kirby Misperton
Anti fracking campaigners gathered in a North Yorkshire village today to remember their battle against plans to extract shale gas.
Opponents celebrate refusal of permission for Broadford Bridge oil site
Campaigners against oil and gas operations across southern England gathered in celebration outside a site which was refused planning permission last week.
Loxley drilling deadline extended again
The deadline to start drilling a gas exploration well in Surrey has been extended again.
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.
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.
Misson shale gas well decommissioned
A shale gas well in Nottinghamshire that has been mothballed for more than four years has been decommissioned, officials have confirmed.
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