Decommissioning of Cuadrilla’s mothballed fracking wells is due to get underway within days after a crane was delivered to the site near Blackpool. Crane at Preston New Road former fracking site, 20 ...

Plans to explore for gas near a village between Scarborough and Bridlington will not need a detailed environmental assessment, council officials have decided. Proposed site layout for Foxholes gas ...

The decision over plans to extract oil in the Lincolnshire Wolds looks likely to be delayed. Rare chalk stream near the Biscathorpe oil site where Egdon Resources wants to carry out long-term ...

Contamination from a West Sussex oil site could potentially end up in a drinking water reservoir, villagers told the Court of Appeal today.

Location of the Gainsborough Trough in the East Midlands. Source: North Sea Transition Authority. https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/media/1695/uk_onshore_2013.pdf The ...

The Court of Sessions ruled this morning that the decision did not take into account the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of the oil. The decision on the smaller Jackdaw gasfield was also ruled ...

Catch up with recent UK onshore oil and gas applications and decisions with DrillOrDrop’s update. Our list covers both planning and permitting, plus planning breaches from the past 12 months.

The company has applied for permission for an underground power cable from the oil and gas site at Singleton to the electricity distribution network. It already has consent for two large gas ...

Egdon Resources wants to drill for gas at a new site between Bridlington and Scarborough, official documents have shown. Proposed location of gas drilling site and trajectory of well, (both shown in ...

The oil site at the centre of a landmark Supreme Court judgement on climate emissions continued “unlawful” operations, despite announcing work had been suspended. Horse Hill oil site, Surrey.

UK production of onshore oil was up in November 2024 but onshore gas was down, according to official figures just released. The oil increase was because of a 5,000m3 (12%) rise in volume from the UK’s ...

Production at the Horndean oilfield in Hampshire increased last month (January 2025) following a workover in late 2024, a partner has reported. Vented emissions from the Horndean oil site, recorded in ...