New planning rules published for onshore oil and gas in England
The government has unveiled its revised planning blueprint for England, with key changes to shape onshore oil and gas decisions.
Foxholes seeks PM’s support over gas drilling fears
Residents in a Yorkshire Wolds village have asked the prime minister for help in their opposition to local gas drilling plans.
Biscathorpe decommissioning due
An oil well in the Lincolnshire Wolds is to be decommissioned in the coming weeks.
Updated: Government asked to decide Burniston gas application
Multiple requests have been made to the government to call in the decision on the application for gas drilling and lower volume fracking at Burniston, near Scarborough.
Government to block new onshore oil and gas licences and ban fracking
No new onshore oil and gas licences will be issued in England, the government announced today. The news followed a speech to the Labour conference in which the energy secretary confirmed his commitment to ban fracking.
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