Breaking: Cumbrian coal mine permission quashed after Finch onshore oil case
A landmark legal judgement on onshore oil production in Surrey has now blocked plans for the UK’s first new deep coalmine for 30 years.
Prospects “worsened” for UK shale gas in 2024 – Cuadrilla
The only company to carry out high volume fracking onshore in the UK has said the prospects for the shale gas industry worsened in the past year.
Updated: UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – April 2024
Production fell at Wressle, the UK’s newest onshore oil producer, but rose at Saltfleetby, the country’s largest onshore gas producer.
June 2024 headlines
Keep up to date with June 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.
Perenco fined record £225,000 for breaching venting limit
The company that runs Wytch Farm, the UK’s largest onshore oilfield, has been fined a record sum for releasing gas without permission.
UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – January 2024
UK onshore gas production rose 6% in January 2024, with the second consecutive monthly increase at the leading field, Saltfleetby.
Industry plan to cut flaring and venting
Oil and gas operators must take action to reduce flaring and venting, the industry regulator said today.
2023 UK onshore oil production sinks to new low
Onshore oil production in the UK fell again in 2023, to the lowest level for more than 30 years.
UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – December 2023
Daily onshore gas production was up 168% in December 2023 compared with the previous month, with the resumption of production at Saltfleetby.
Spending doubles at Cuadrilla but no plans for future “substantive expenditure”
Cuadrilla’s Australian owner spent more than £0.75m in six months in the UK in 2023, more than double the amount in the previous year. But the company has no plans for future “substantive expenditure” on UK shale gas.
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