Lincolnshire planners back another three years for North Kelsey oil site
The oil company, Egdon Resources, should get another three years to drill an exploration well at North Kelsey in Lincolnshire, planners have recommended.
UKOG announces well testing has stopped at Broadford Bridge
UK Oil & Gas Investments announced this afternoon that well testing operations had ceased at the Broadford Bridge oil exploration site near Billingshurst in West Sussex. In a brief statement to investors in the past hour, the company said: “Equipment is being removed from the site and the […]
Disputed Brockham sidetrack well highlights “discrepancies” over oil and gas rules – Surrey planner
Regulations covering oil and gas developments are confusing and misleading and there are discrepancies between different agencies, a senior Surrey planner has said.
Picture post: Six months at KM8 frack site
A collection of drone images chronicles how Third Energy’s site at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire filled up with fracking equipment and then almost emptied again over a period of about six months.
Decision due on INEOS’s shale gas plans for Woodsetts
Plans by the UK’s biggest shale gas licence holder to drill on the edge of the village of Woodsetts are to be decided in the morning by Rotherham Council’s planning board.
Picture post: Third Energy removes sound screen at Kirby Misperton
The sound barrier at Third Energy’s would-be fracking site at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire came down today. This follows the withdrawal of other equipment over the past month.
Balcombe well test likely to come before Brockham, says Angus Energy
Angus Energy has said it expects to test its newly-acquired well at Balcombe in West Sussex, before turning to Brockham in Surrey.
Cuadrilla expects Lancs fracking to start within six months from “excellent quality” shale rocks
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, said this morning it estimated fracking would begin between April and June this year.
Aurora announces fracking plans in west Lancashire
Aurora Energy Resources has told residents it is planning to drill and frack two wells near the west Lancashire village of Great Altcar, on the edge of Formby.
Rathlin prepares for new East Yorkshire well site
Rathlin Energy is expected to begin work within weeks at its new oil and gas exploration site in East Yorkshire.
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