Breaking: Supreme Court allows landmark challenge on climate impact of onshore oil
Campaigners have won a pivotal legal challenge at UK’s highest court on the climate impact of fossil fuels.
West Newton: Delays and missed deadlines
Analysis by DrillOrDrop reveals that the West Newton oil and gas field in East Yorkshire has seen more than 15 years of delays, missed deadlines and changing plans.
Expansion plans published for Wressle oil site
The UK’s second largest onshore oil production site has published proposals to increase its footprint by about a third and drill two new wells.
Perenco confirms “potential” decommissioning of Wytch Farm by 2037
The operator of Wytch Farm, the UK’s largest onshore oil field, has confirmed it plans to decommission one of its wells by 2027 and may decommission all by 2037.
Ryedale gas licences lapse and former fracking firm changes hands again
Licences to produce gas in the Ryedale area of North Yorkshire have lapsed and the operator, Third Energy, has been acquired by a geothermal group.
UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – November 2023
UK onshore gas volumes in November fell dramatically with production suspensions at Saltfleetby.
January 2024 headlines
Keep up to date with January 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.
2 onshore oil and gas wells drilled in 2023 – official data
Just two onshore oil and gas wells were drilled in 2023 – and one of them has already been abandoned. This is despite government policy to “max out” domestic resources.
Increased flow rate allowed at Wressle
Higher oil production have been approved at the Wressle well in North Lincolnshire, one of the site investors has announced.
Egdon reveals plans for 10-15 years of gas production at Wressle oilfield
The operator of the Wressle oilfield in North Lincolnshire said today it wanted to extend the site and add two new production wells that would extract hydrocarbons for 10-15 years.
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