About 1,400 formal objections have been submitted in a public consultation on the Europa Oil & Gas exploration plans near the North York Moors national park. At the time of writing, just seven ...

Europa’s plan to use a proppant squeeze – a form of fracking – was in the top 10 reasons to object in the public consultation. Two-fifths of objections mentioned fracking or proppant squeeze, while ...

The newly-elected Reform Party mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, said today she will meet a fracking company planning to explore for shale gas. Dame Andrea Jenkyns, newly-elected ...

Alba Mineral Resources has cut by 94% the value of its stake in Horse Hill – the Surrey oil site at the centre of last year’s landmark Supreme Court judgement. Horse Hill oil site, near Horley, in ...

UK onshore oil daily production rose 2% in February 2025, compared with the previous month but daily onshore gas production dropped 4%. Total onshore oil volume for February 2025 fell 8% – but not as ...

Increased traffic and the impact on road safety was the second most often mentioned reason to object in the public consultation to Europa’s plans. Our analysis of the responses showed concerns about ...

Another report, commissioned by Frack Free Coastal Communities steering group, reported 18 bird species, as well as roe deer and hares. The farmer of adjoining Duchy of Lancaster land said a previous ...

Shareholders in most UK onshore oil and gas companies could be forgiven for looking forward to the end of 2019.

Alba Mineral Resources has cut by 94% the value of its stake in Horse Hill – the Surrey oil site at the centre of last year’s landmark Supreme Court judgement.

Parish councillors voted by 8 to nil to object to plans for gas exploration and small-scale hydraulic fracturing in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston. About 100 people attending an ...

Star Energy reported today that five wells had been decommissioned at sites at Barton Moss (also called Irlam) in Salford and Doe Green in Cheshire. The company said site restorations were planned for ...

The Australian mining group, on which Cuadrilla relies for funding, has been given just over a week to refinance multi-million dollar debts. Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site near Blackpool, where ...