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WEBPlanners 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 ...
End of the line for Broadford Bridge? – DRILL OR DROP?
WEB1 day 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 …
Well stimulation plan at West Newton – DRILL OR DROP?
WEB1 day ago · West Newton-A, September 25 2021. Photo: Used with the owner’s consent. The operation, described as a “reservoir stimulation”, is designed to improve flows of gas and liquids from the well, Rathlin Energy said this morning. In a statement, the company likened the operation to the proppant squeeze used at an unnamed well in Lincolnshire in ...
Funding shortfall casts doubt over Rathlin Energy’s future
WEB1 day ago · The accounts report that Rathlin Energy had a working capital balance at 31 December 2023 of £2.2m. This was “sufficient to maintain operations until third quarter of 2025”, the accounts said. But Rathlin said it did not have enough to cover its share of the anticipated £10.7m costs of drilling, completion and abandonment obligations.
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.
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…
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.
COP26 headlines: 11/11/21 – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBNov 11, 2021 · COP26 president, Alok Sharma, told a review session this morning there was "still a lot more work to be done". He said ministers had to "dial up" their engagement if the talks were to finish on time at the end of tomorrow (12/11/21). Photo: DrillOrDrop We'll be following the negotiations today and regularly updating this…
Autumn 2021 diary – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBJun 15, 2021 · DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in autumn 2021 affecting the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it. Rathlin Energy's West Newton A site, East Yorkshire, 3 September 2021. Photo: Used with the owner's consent Wednesday 1 September 2021 UK onshore production data released for May 2021. Monday 6 September 2021 Lincolnshire County Council…
July 2022 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
WEBKeep up to date with July 2022’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 Sunday 31 July 2022 Climate activists trespass in Aberdeen harbour…