Balcombe appeal underway
A challenge has begun to the refusal of testing at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex.
A challenge has begun to the refusal of testing at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex.
The operator of the controversial Balcombe oil site in West Sussex has said it intends to appeal against the rejection of its well test.
A revised planning application for an extended well test at the Balcombe oil exploration site in West Sussex is due to be submitted within a week, operator Angus Energy said today.
DrillOrDrop’s diary is back after a break when many events were cancelled or postponed by the coronavirus outbreak.
A bid by UK Oil & Gas plc to extend the life of its site at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex will now not be decided until at least July.
A Balcombe resident has welcomed the report by West Sussex planners opposing Angus Energy’s proposed three-year well test in the village.
Measures to protect the environment during proposed work at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex are “inadequate, incomplete and misleading”, villagers have complained.
The decision on Angus Energy’s planning application for an extended well test at Balcombe will not now be made this month.
Angus Energy’s plans to test the flow of oil at its well at Balcombe in West Sussex are now open for public comment.
UK Oil & Gas plc has announced that production has resumed from the Portland oil formation at Horse Hill in Surrey.