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WEB4 days ago · Planners at North Lincolnshire Council have granted planning permission for more drilling and small-scale fracking in an expansion of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe. People living near a North Yorkshire village where small-scale fracking for gas is planned have extra opportunities this month ...
Council prepared to enforce restoration of mothballed oil site
WEB21 hours ago · Council planners are "in active dialogue" with an oil company over restoring the mothballed exploration site at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex. Campaigners outside the Broadford Bridge site in April 2024. Photo: DrillOrDrop The county council has confirmed that UKOG (234) Ltd failed to meet the deadline to …
100+ people attend Burniston drilling meeting - DRILL OR DROP?
WEB1 day ago · More than 100 people braved torrential rain yesterday to attend an information meeting and exhibition about plans for gas exploration at Burniston in North Yorkshire. Burniston information meeting, 26 September 2024. Photo: DrillOrDrop The event was organised by the company behind the scheme, Europa Oil & Gas. Most people who attended were opposed or concerned…
Daily headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBJun 12, 2024 · October 2023 headlines. Keep up to date with October 2023’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. Any donation, however small, will help DrillOrDrop to report independently on fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it.
2021 review of the year – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBDec 29, 2021 · 2021 review of the year. By Ruth Hayhurst onDecember 29, 2021•( 7 Comments ) 2021 was a year when key decision-makers, institutions and the public said no to the onshore oil and gas industry, often for the first time. Photo: Neil Terry for Friends of the Earth. Planning committees refused all but one decision on …
End of the line for Broadford Bridge? – DRILL OR DROP?
WEB3 days ago · The Broadford Bridge site has never produced oil commercially. It first received planning permission for exploration in 2013 and has been dormant since 2018. Permissions were extended in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022. UKOG drilled a well in 2017. But the company later revealed cement bond problems and possible damage to …
December 2021 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBKeep up with December's 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. Click here for headlines from previous months. Please let us know if we’ve missed something important contact@DrillOrDrop.com Photo: SOS North Kelsey Thursday 30 December 2021 DrillOrDrop's checklist of what…
Fracking moratorium – a timeline – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBNov 4, 2022 · Three years ago today, the government formally confirmed a moratorium on fracking in England. Gooseneck at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road shale gas site, 5 August 2019. Photo: Ros Wills It was the second to block shale gas exploration in England and followed earthquakes induced by fracking by Cuadrilla in Lancashire. A written ministerial statement, issued…
COP26 Briefing – updated – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBOct 29, 2021 · Key facts. Full name: 26 th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties. Dates: Sunday 31 October 2021-12 November 2021 (originally scheduled for 2020 but delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Presidency: UK government in partnership with Italy.Alok Sharma is the president designate. Location: Scottish Event Campus and Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow
May 2022 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBTuesday 10 May 2022. New government attempt to criminalise lock-on protests. DrillOrDrop report on the public order bill in the Queen’s Speech. Plans by Egdon Resources to drill for oil in Lincolnshire will not cut energy bills, opponents said during a 17-mile pilgrimage between two proposed sites. DrillOrDrop report.