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Burniston · BurnistonResidents in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston have a chance to give their views later this month on plans to explore for gas on the edge of the national park and heritage coast.
Proposed site of Burniston gas exploration site. Photo: DrillOrDrop Burniston Parish Council has called an extraordinary meeting to discuss the proposals by Europa Oil and Gas for a temporary well site and small-scale hydraulic fracture on farmland off the coast…See the Story
Villagers meet on Burniston gas plan
Oil and Gas Sector · SurreyThe onshore oil company at the centre of a landmark Supreme Court judgement has announced trading would be suspended because its annual accounts would not be published on time.
UKOG share price falls, 28 March 2025. Source: LSE.co.uk In a brief notice to investors, released at 12.59 today, UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) said trading would be “temporarily suspended from 7.30am on 1st April 2025”. The annual report and accounts [ARA] for the year ending 30 …See the Story
UKOG announces accounts delay and trading suspension
Fracking · BurnistonA gas company that criticised campaigners for using the word ‘fracking’ for a well operation in North Yorkshire used the same term for the same process in correspondence with officials.
Campaigners against Europa’s Burniston plans. Photo: DrillOrDrop Europa Oil & Gas is seeking permission to drill for gas at a new site in Burniston, near the North York Moors National Park. The proposal includes a proppant squeeze, a form of small-scale hydrauli…See the Story
New twists in the F-word debate
Brockham · BrockhamWaste fluid from oil wells across southern England can be tankered to a village in the Surrey green belt, where it will be pumped underground, councillors decided this morning.
Brockham oil site. Photo: Used with the owner’s consent Angus Energy was granted permission to import the waste fluid, produced alongside oil, to the declining well site at Brockham, near Dorking. The operation was approved by Surrey County Council’s planning committee b…See the Story
Waste fluid can be trucked to Surrey oil site for disposal
Malton · MaltonMore than 200 locals and anti-fracking campaigners joined a protest march against plans for a gas drilling rig in Burniston, Scarborough, today (Saturday March 22).See the Story
Hundreds join protest march against gas drilling plans in Burniston near Scarborough
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East Riding of Yorkshire · East Riding of YorkshireThe operators of a mothballed well site in an East Yorkshire village have been accused of apparently “misusing the planning system for their own benefit”.
Operations at West Newton B in 2 July 2021. Photo: Used with the owner’s consent The West Newton B oil and gas site, north-east of Hull, has seen no activity since 2022. But a month before the site’s three-year planning permission was due to expire, the operator, Rathlin Energy, told council …See the Story
Operator criticised over new work at gas site mothballed for three years
Lincolnshire, England · LincolnshireThe UK’s first formal assessment of carbon emissions from burning onshore oil has been criticised as “flawed”, “misleading” and “unlawful”.
River Bain near Egdon’s proposed oil production site at Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds. Photo: SOS Biscathorpe Egdon Resources was required by a landmark legal judgement to review the greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions likely to result from burning oil that it wants to extract from its Biscathorpe site i…See the Story
“Flawed”, “misleading” and “unlawful” – reactions to assessment of Biscathorpe climate impact
Cuadrilla · PrestonCuadrilla has until Sunday 8 June 2025 – now fewer than 100 days – to restore its former Lancashire fracking site at Preston New Road to farmland. DrillOrDrop will report here on a summary of the progress of the clean-up and the countdown to the deadline. We’ll also link to longer articles. The company missed the planning deadline of 8 December 2024 to complete plugging and abandoning the site’s two shale gas wells. 10 March 2025 – site gatherin…See the Story
