Autumn-winter 2024 diary – DRILL OR DROP?
WEB19 hours ago · By Ruth Hayhurst onOctober 9, 2024. DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in autumn and winter 2024 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it. Entrance to Cuadrilla’s former fracking site at Preston New Road. Photo: Used with the owner’s consent. This post will be updated with new details as we get them.
Expansion plans withdrawn for Saltfleetby gas field
WEB1 day ago · Angus Energy has withdrawn proposals to drill four new wells at the UK’s largest onshore producing gas field. Gas extent at Saltfleetby. Source: planning application. The company submitted a planning application in July 2024 for the Saltfleetby field near Louth in Lincolnshire. But the county council and Angus Energy confirmed today that the ...
New head of CCC announced – DRILL OR DROP?
WEB1 day ago · The head of the energy industry’s trade organisation has been picked to lead the government’s independent climate advisor, it was announced today. Emma Pinchbeck. Photo: Energy UK Emma Pinchbeck, the chief executive of Energy UK, which represents suppliers and generators, will join the Climate Change Committee (CCC) next month. She replaces Chris Stark, the CCC’s…
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WEBUK onshore gas volumes fell 14% in July 2024, compared with June 2024, to the lowest point for eight months. The onshore contribution to total UK gas production fell back to below 1%
UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – July 2024
WEB5 days ago · UK onshore gas volumes fell 14% in July 2024, compared with June 2024, to the lowest point for eight months. The onshore contribution to total UK gas production fell back to below 1%. Daily oil production also fell. The monthly oil volume was up slightly compared with the previous month but less than would have…
Lincolnshire update: appeals and award – DRILL OR DROP?
WEB6 days ago · Industry. Lincolnshire update: appeals and award. By Ruth Hayhurst onOctober 3, 2024. Arrangements are underway for a new appeal over oil drilling and production by Egdon Resources at Biscathorpe in Lincolnshire. The same company is looking again at seismic data to decide what to do with its undeveloped site at North Kelsey Moor, also in ...
Burniston drilling meeting – key points and reaction
WEBSep 27, 2024 · More than 100 people braved torrential rain 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 about…
Daily headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBJul 10, 2024 · November 2023 headlines. Keep up to date with November 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 …
COP26 headlines: 31/10/21 - DRILL OR DROP?
WEBOct 31, 2021 · Alok Sharma tells the opening session of COP26 that the lights are flashing on the climate dashboard – but he deflects questions from journalists on the Cambo oilfield – opening session of COP26 climate talks (DrillOrDrop). Young people have every right to be angry and worried about the future, says COP26 president, Alok Sharma (DrillOrDop). New report from the World Meteorological ...