Updated 15/4/2021
Key facts
Address: Lodge Farm, Clapp Gate, Appleby DN15 0DB
2017 planning application for production PA/2017/696
2016 planning application for production: MIN/2016/810 and North Lincolnshire Council decision notice
Planning application for variation of condition to retain well site for further 12 months PA/2017/268
Planning application for exploration: MIN/2013/0281
2019 planning appeal on production APP/Y2003/W/19/3221694
Timeline
26 May 2021
Consent granted for storage of crude oil. Details
18 May 2021
Proppant squeeze approved for Wressle. Details
19 March 2021
Images reveal new equipment. Details
1 February 2021
Egdon announces start of oil flow at Wressle. Details
12 January 2021
Wressle frack plan still in draft. Details
6 January 2021
Egdon confirms work underway to prepare Wressle for production. Details
4 January 2021
Investors report the arrival of workover rig.
26 November 2020
Union Jack lends £1m for Wressle oil site – workover rig expected in New Year. Details
13 October 2020
Europa Oil & Gas counts on Wressle production as losses widen – company accounts. Details
28 September 2020
Egdon Resources confirms it is planning the Environment Agency describes as “small-scale fracking” instead of acidisation at Wressle. Details
3 August 2020
Egdon Resources confirms that site work begins at Wressle. Details
8 June 2020
Union Jack Oil acquires a further 12.5% interest in Wressle for £500,000 to become biggest player in the oil field. Details
13 May 2020
North Lincolnshire Council pays £403,000 costs over Wressle planning dispute. Details
31 March 2020
Europa cuts costs to fund Wressle oil production. Details
18 March 2020
Wressle production will “break even at $17.62/barrel – operator. Details
17 January 2020
Egdon wins appeal on Wressle oil production and costs against North Lincolnshire Council. Details
4 January 2020
Egdon Resources says in its annual accounts that cash flows have been hit by delays in a decision on oil production at Wressle. The company says it hopes to see oil flowing in six months if the application is approved. Details
1 January 2020
Europa Oil & Gas says in its accounts that its future depends on production in 2020 from the Wressle well in North Lincolnshire. Details
13 December 2019
First possible date for decision on second Wressle public inquiry
7 November 2019
Egdon Resources and campaigners clash over fracture plan for Wressle as inquiry closes. Details
6 November 2019
Day 2 – news updates from public inquiry. Details
5 November 2019
Opening day of Wressle inquiry. Details
29 July 2019
North Lincolnshire Council withdraws its case from second public inquiry to the disappointment of campaigners. Details
25 April 2019
Start for second public inquiry set for 5 November 2019. Details
13 February 2019
Egdon second appeal over refusal of 15-years oil production published on Planning Inspectorate website. APP/Y2003/W/19/3221694
24 January 2019
Egdon Resources wins appeal over refusal of extension of planning permission. Details
28 November 2018
Egdon’s application for 15-years of oil production at Wressle rejected for third time. Details
Egdon says it will appeal against refusal again. Details
22 November 2018
Planners recommend approval of third application for long-term oil production at Wressle. Details
1 August 2018
North Lincolnshire Council unanimously refuses more time at Wressle oil site. Details and reaction
28 July 2018
Restoration of Wressle oil site not “commercially viable” while new production plans are pending, Egdon tells North Lincolnshire Council. Details
5 July 2018
Egdon Resources says it has submitted new application for oil production. Details Application includes wrong location plan Details
18 April 2018
Egdon accounts reveal £0.85m half-year loss. Details
13 April 2018
Egdon Resources submits new application to extend permission for a year. Details
18 January 2018
Upland terminates farm-in agreement with Europa at Wressle. Details
4 January 2018
Planning inspector dismisses Egdon appeals on Wressle oil production. DrillOrDrop report
15 November 2017
Live updates on Day 6 – DrillOrDrop report
14 November 2017
Live updates on Day 5 – DrillOrDrop report
13 November 2017
Egdon seeks to reassure residents after challenges to Wressle oil production plans. Details
10 November 2017
Live updates on Day 4 – DrillOrDrop report
9 November 2017
Live updates on Day 3 – DrillorDrop report
8 November 2017
Live updates on Day 2 – DrillOrDrop report
7 November 2017
Live updates from Day 1 of public inquiry into appeals by Egdon Resources against the refusal of planning permission for production at the Wressle site near Scunthorpe. The inquiry will be held in offices at North Lincolnshire Council in Scunthorpe and is scheduled to last four days.#
13 July 2017
Egdon says it will appeal against latest refusal of planning permission for Wressle. Details
3 July 2017
Breaking: N Lincolnshire Councillors refuse Wressle oil production for 2nd time. DrillOrDrop report and live updates of the meeting
23 June 2017
Planners at N Lincolnshire Council recommend approval of Egdon’s oil production plans. Details
19 May 2017
Egdon Resources announces the Environment Agency has issued a variation to the mining waste permit for the Wressle site. Details
15 May 2017
Broughton Town Council agrees to object to planning application and Egdon’s appeal against refusal. Details
3 May 2017
Egdon Resources announces it has submitted a new planning application for oil production at Wressle. Details
11 April 2017
Egdon announces it has begun an appeal against refusal of permission for oil production at Wressle site. Details
21 February 2017
Upland UK and Europa Oil & Gas agree an extension to the deadline for Upland’s 10% farm-in to the Wressle PEDLs 180 and 182. The deadline has been extended from 31 March 2017 to 30 September 2017. Details
22 February 2017
Egdon makes an application PA/2017/268 for variation of condition 24 of MIN/2013/0281 to allow the retention of the well site for a further twelve months. Details
8 February 2017
Egdon to appeal against refusal of planning permission and make a new application for oil production. Details
11 January 2017
North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee refuses permission by 7 to 3 with one abstention for 15 years of oil production at the site. The committee approves an application for groundwater monitoring boreholes. Live updates from the meeting, breaking news and reaction
3 January 2017
Planners recommend approval of the application on 3 January Details.
25 November 2016
Egdon announces it has raised £2,06m through an open offer of shares – Managing Director, Mark Abbott, says the company is now “well capitalised” and is focussing on consent for the development of the Wressle oil field
24 November 2016
Europa Oil & Gas sells a 10% interest in PEDL180 and 182 which include the Wressle oil field for £1.85m to Upland Resources (UK Onshore) Ltd
1 November 2016
Egdon announces in its accounts for the year ended 31 July 2016 that
“Wressle is expected to impact positively on production and revenues”.
Revenues for the year were down 23.3% to £1.59m but losses were also down, at 40% to £2.60m Details
26 September 2016
Egdon announces estimates by ERC Equipoise Ltd that the Wressle well has a gross mean discovered stock tank oil initially in place of 14.18m across the Ashover Grit, Wingfield Flags and Penistone Flags, of which 2.15m stock tank barrels is classified as discovered Details
31 August 2016
Public consultation on application for oil and gas production closes
28 July 2016
Consultation closes on variation of environmental permit
5 July 2016
North Lincolnshire Council validates Egdon Resources’ application (PA/2016/808) to install four groundwater monitoring boreholes at the existing Wressle 1 well site
30 June 2016
Environment Agency opens consultation on variation of environmental permit (EPR/AB3609XX/V003)
20 June 2016
North Lincolnshire Council validates Egdon Resources’ application (MIN/2016/810) for site retention and oil and gas production for 15 years at the Wressle well
3 June 2016
Application for variation of environmental permit at Wressle-1 well site Details
22 October 2015
Egdon announces it is working towards a field development plan for the Wressle oil and gas discovery Details
4 September 2015
Egdon announces it is suspended operations on the Penistone Flags oil zone. A planned oil injection test to determine reservoir permeability was not carried out because of delays from the Environment Agency in clarifying whether the permit covered the operation. Both oil and gas flowed with no evidence of water, the company says. Details
21 July 2015
Egdon announces its extended well test on the Penistone Flags achieved average rates of 131 barrels of oil per day over three days and gas flows of 182 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Problems with downhole testing equipment meant the Ashover Grit test could not be carried out. Details
18 June 2015
Egdon announces the start of the extended well test at Wressle-1 Details
27 March 2015
Egdon announces it recovered 98.5 barrels of oil from the Penistone Flags zone of the Wressle-1 well Details
3 March 2015
Tests carried out on first set of perforations in the Penistone Flags reservoir, Egdon reports. The test resulted in gas flow rates of 1.7m cubic feet of gas per day, with associated oil of up to 12 barrels of oil per day and no free water. Details
19 February 2015
Test operations completed on Wingfield Flags reservoir, Egdon announces Details
9 February 2015
Egdon announces completion of tests on the Ashover Grit reservoir, resulting in oil production rates equivalent to 80 barrels of oil per day along with 47,000 cubic feet of gas per day Details
4 December 2014
Egdon announces it expects to begin mobilisation for testing at Wressle in the week beginning 5 January 2015 Details
1 December 2014
Environment Agency issues permit variation of waste permit for testing at Wressle-1 well Details and here
6 October 2014
Environment Agency issues radioactive waste permit (HB3295DH) for Wressle-1 wellsite
2 September 2014
Egdon announces the depth of three intervals in the Wressle-1 well: Penistone Flags (19.8m), Wingfield Flags (5.64m) and Ashover Grit (6.1m) Details
23 August 2014
Wressle-1 well reaches depth of 2,240m Details
19 July 2014
Wressle-1 well spudded Details
9 July 2014
Application (EPR/HB3295DH/A001) to Environment Agency for a radioactive substances activity permit for Wressle-1 well site
17 March 2014
Environment Agency issues mining waste permit (AB3609XX/V002) for Wressle-1 well
18 June 2013
North Lincolnshire council grants planning permission for an exploratory borehole to a depth of about 2,300m Decision notice
8 May 2013
Egdon announces a farm-out of an interest in PEDL180 to Union Jack Oil, under which Union Jack will pay 16.66% of the cost of the Wressle-1 exploration well to earn an 8.33% interest in the PEDL and the part of the field which extends into PEDL182 Details
19 March 2013
Egdon submits planning application for temporary wellsite and exploratory borehole (MIN/2013/0281)
10 February 2012
Egdon announces completion of 3d seismic surveys across the Broughton and Wressle prospects to the east and south east of Scunthorpe in north Lincolnshire Details.
