July 2021 headlines
Keep up with July 2021’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
West Newton B well test – equipment mobilised
Rathlin Energy has confirmed that it began to mobilise equipment today to complete and test the well at its West Newton B site in East Yorkshire.
EA defends permit change at East Yorkshire wellsite
The Environment Agency has defended the way it approved changes to the rules governing an oil site in East Yorkshire.
Call for suspension of permit changes at East Yorkshire wellsite
New rules at an East Yorkshire oil and gas site should be suspended because of alleged inconsistencies by the environmental regulator, a resident has argued.
West Newton-B: Permit changes approved
The Environment Agency has approved new rules for work at the West Newton-B oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
West Newton evaluation begins
Evaluation of a well is underway at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton-B site in East Yorkshire.
2020 review of the year
2020 was a frack free year in the UK because the shale gas industry failed to persuade ministers to lift blocks on the process.
Pictures: West Newton rig removed
The drilling rig at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton B wellsite in East Yorkshire has been taken down.
West Newton B drilling “exceeds expectations with substantial hydrocarbon accumulation”
Drilling results from Rathlin Energy’s West Newton B site in East Yorkshire indicate a “substantial hydrocarbon accumulation”, partners said this morning.
December 2020 headlines
You can keep up with December’s news here with our digest of headlines about UK fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas, updated daily.
DRILL OR DROP? 