The volume of UK onshore gas fell nearly 4.5% in January 2025, compared with the month before. This was the lowest monthly volume since September 2024 and mainly because a fall in production at Saltfleetby.
2024 UK onshore oil production fell for the 11th consecutive year to the lowest level for 37 years, according to official data published this week.
The volume of UK onshore oil produced in December 2024 was up 5% , compared with the month before, almost topping the record for the year.
The decision over plans to extract oil in the Lincolnshire Wolds looks likely to be delayed.
A landmark legal judgement on the climate impact of onshore oil has forced the UK’s first ever formal assessment of carbon emissions from burning hydrocarbons.
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in 2025 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
Keep up to date with 2025’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. We’re also posting updates on the decommissioning work at Cuadrilla’s shale gas wells at Preston New Road, near Blackpool.
All the new onshore oil and gas wells in the UK in 2024 were drilled on a single small island in Poole Harbour, according to official data analysed by DrillOrDrop.
Keep up to date with December 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
Monthly UK onshore oil production fell in September 2024 on all measures to the lowest level in the previous year, according to official data.
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