Updated: Protest camp evicted from Horse Hill oil site
Another eviction began early this morning to remove anti-drilling campaigners who occupied the Horse Hill oil site near Gatwick Airport. The final campaigners were removed at 5.45pm.
UKOG announces £10m loan to fund Weald oil exploration
The leading oil exploration company in the Weald in southern England announced this morning it had taken out a £10m loan.
Residents vote to share Cuadrilla’s £100,000 fracking fund – but some reject “blood money”
People living within 1.5km of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in Lancashire are to share a £100,000 community benefit fund, the company confirmed today.
Officials investigate Sunday working complaints at Broadford Bridge oil site
Council officers are investigating complaints of Sunday working at the Broadford Bridge oil exploration site in West Sussex.
Lancashire refuses to extend planning permission at Cuadrilla shale gas site
Councillors in Lancashire have turned down the latest of multiple applications from Cuadrilla for more time to restore a shale gas site near the Ribble Estuary.
“Burning throat, nausea, headaches: the effect on my family from a smell at Third Energy’s Kirby Misperton site”
As Third Energy prepares to frack a well at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire, a villager describes what happened last week when her family was affected by a smell from the site. DrillOrDrop asked Third Energy about the incident. You can read it’s statement at the end of […]
Cement bond problems at UKOG’s Broadford Bridge well – announcement to investors
The Broadford Bridge oil exploration well in West Sussex has problems with the cement bonding, UK Oil and Gas announced this afternoon.
Campaigners vow to fight fracking as IGas announces new plans for Cheshire
The shale company, IGas Energy, announced today it wanted to drill and frack a new well on the edge of the Ince marshes in Cheshire.
Council agrees conditions on Third Energy’s North Yorkshire fracking permission
The first high volume frack in the UK since 2011 cleared another hurdle this morning.
Guest post by David Smythe: the geology and oil potential of Horse Hill
In this guest post, David Smythe challenges the interpretation of faults around the Horse Hill “Gatwick Gusher” oil site in Surrey. He argues that the results of flow tests at the well can’t be applied to the whole of the Weald of southern England and predicts there will […]
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