Picture post: 20 hour lock-on protest at West Newton drill site
Two protesters have blocked the road outside Rathlin Energy’s exploration site at West Newton in East Yorkshire for about 20 hours.
West Newton: Eviction costs and noise complaint
Eviction of monitoring camps outside an oil and gas site in East Yorkshire cost the county council a total of £33,983.34.
Loss of Bury Hill Wood pushes Union Jack 2018 deficit over £1m
The onshore oil and gas company, Union Jack Oil has announced a loss of £1.1m in its accounts for 2018, published today. This compares with a deficit of £0.75m in 2017.
Updated: East Yorkshire drilling protest tops 50 hours
Updated 13 May 2019 A protest outside an oil and gas exploration site at West Newton, north of Hull, has entered its third day.
Updated: Lock-on protest at East Yorkshire drilling site continues for 31+ hours
Updated 12.35pm, 10 May 2019 Opponents of oil and gas exploration at Rathlin Energy’s site at West Newton, north of Hull, have been protesting outside the the entrance for more than 30 hours.
May 2019 headlines
This month sees the release of official advice to government on climate change targets and the latest public attitude data on fracking. Rathlin Energy continues to drill its second well at West Newton and Lancashire residents wait to see what happens at Cuadrilla’s fracking site. Ineos is likely […]
Drilling starts on second well at Rathlin Energy’s West Newton site in East Yorkshire
Investors in the West Newton oil and gas site north of Hull have announced that drilling is underway on a second well.
8-hour lock-on protest blocks deliveries to West Newton well site
Deliveries to Rathlin Energy’s East Yorkshire oil and gas exploration site were prevented by protests for a second day this week.
Lorry protest as Rathlin delivers drilling rig to East Yorkshire exploration site
A woman campaigner has climbed on top of drilling equipment on its way to an oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
April 2019 headlines
This month could see the start of horizontal drilling at the IGas site at Misson in north Nottinghamshire and the spudding of Rathlin Energy’s second well at West Newton. The Court of Appeal is due to hand down its ruling on a challenge to the Ineos injunction and […]
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