A planning inspector has allowed long-term oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds, even though he admitted it would harm the landscape and beauty of the area.
Villagers are seeking to overturn a judge’s ruling which gave the go-ahead to a well test at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex.
Equipment to plug and abandon the mothballed well at a shale gas site in north Nottinghamshire was delivered this morning.
The Environment Agency has given formal consent for oil and gas production at an expanded West Newton-A well site in East Yorkshire.
Cuadrilla has relinquished three shale gas licences in Yorkshire, its Australian owner confirmed this morning.
Gas production at Saltfleetby in Lincolnshire helped to generate revenue of nearly £16.5m for Angus Energy in the six months to March 2023. This compared to £27,000 for the same period in 2022.
Opponents of oil exploration and production at North Kelsey in Lincolnshire have criticised Egdon Resources for its eleventh-hour withdrawal from an appeal hearing.
Egdon Resources has announced it is withdrawing from an appeal on its oil site at North Kelsey in Lincolnshire just days before the hearing.
Balcombe residents will be at the High Court in London next month for their legal challenge to the government go-ahead for oil testing in their village.
Opponents of plans to test an oil well at the West Sussex village of Balcombe have got permission to bring a legal challenge.
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