Third Energy commits to frack one well a year in Ryedale to 2022
Third Energy has committed to drill three wells and frack four in the Ryedale area of North Yorkshire in the next four years.
Protest ban for community liaison group on Lincs oil exploration well
An oil company has banned members of a community information group from taking part in protests about its exploration site.
Council threatens to evict monitoring camp outside West Newton well site
People monitoring drilling at Rathlin Energy’s East Yorkshire well site are fighting a council threat of eviction to a road-side camp.
Rathlin seeks to vary permit for East Yorkshire oil and gas site
Views are invited on an application by Rathlin Energy to change its environmental permit for the West Newton oil and gas site north of Hull.
UK firsts for public inquiry into IGas test plans at Ellesmere Port opening today
The UK’s first public inquiry on the impact of an onshore gas site on climate change gets underway this morning.
Cuadrilla focusses on single shale well – with under 11 months left for more drilling and fracking
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, has less than a year to drill two wells and frack three under the terms of the planning permission at its site near Blackpool.
Campaigners begin monitoring Rathlin Energy well site as rig installed
Opponents of plans by Rathlin Energy to drill another well in East Yorkshire have said they will monitor operations round the clock.
Biscathorpe oil well spudded
Edgon Resources confirmed this afternoon it had begun drilling its oil exploration well at Biscathorpe, near Louth in Lincolnshire.
Equipment delivered to IGas Misson Springs shale gas site
A crane and other equipment was delivered to IGas’s shale gas site at Misson in north Nottinghamshire early this afternoon.
Picture post: Rig dismantled and equipment moved off IGas site at Tinker Lane
Images from the IGas site at Tinker Lane in north Nottinghamshire this morning confirm that the company has begun demobilising and removing equipment.
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