Heyco confirms shale gas fracking plan in Gainsborough
The Texan company behind news of a giant gasfield in Lincolnshire confirmed today it is targeting shale.
Campaigners welcome restoration of Notts shale gas site
A local campaign group is celebrating the formal end to shale gas operations near an important nature reserve in the Nottinghamshire village of Misson.
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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“Misson shale gas well due to be decommissioned within next week”, says council
Work to plug and abandon one of England’s few shale gas wells has been delayed – but it is due to be completed “within the next week”, DrillOrDrop has learned.
Equipment arrives to decommission Misson shale gas site
Equipment to plug and abandon the mothballed well at a shale gas site in north Nottinghamshire was delivered this morning.
Profits down at Star Energy and Union Jack
Star Energy and Union Jack Oil have reported falling profits in interim accounts published this week.
Misson shale gas site: restoration due to start in days
Restoration of Nottinghamshire’s only shale gas site is due to begin later this month.
IGas cuts value of shale assets and opts not to sue government over fracking moratorium
One of the UK’s leading would-be fracking companies appears to be turning away from shale gas.
Officials consider measures to enforce restoration of IGas Notts shale site
Conservative-controlled Nottinghamshire County Council is looking at options to ensure IGas restores the Springs Road shale gas site at Misson.
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