The MP representing Balcombe, site of a controversial oil well in West Sussex, has asked the government how water supplies could be affected by the onshore industry.

The UK’s second biggest onshore oil operator saw production volumes drop nearly 6% below predictions in 2025. Singleton oil ...

The company behind the claims, the Texas-based Heyco Energy Group, said results of an assessment of the field around Gainsborough were “outstanding”. Heyco said the gasfield, known as the Gainsborough ...

This morning, a majority of three to two Supreme Court justices ruled that greenhouse gas emissions from the use of oil – known as downstream emissions – should be taken into account in planning ...

The government has told North Yorkshire Council it is keeping regulation on lower-volume fracking “under review”.

Cuadrilla announces plans for two fracking sites in the Fylde area of Lancashire ...

Burniston has stepped up its action against North Yorkshire Council’s handling of plans for gas drilling and lower-volume fracking.

The year opened with the announcement by Europa Oil & Gas that it expected to submit imminent plans for proppant squeeze, a lower-volume form of fracking, at Burniston in North Yorkshire. The company ...

Cuadrilla statement said the rig is expected to arrive towards the end of February. It also said: “Cuadrilla plans to move equipment onto the Preston New Road site in the second half of February to ...

The 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 ...

Drilling for gas near the Surrey village of Dunsfold got the go ahead from a High Court judge this morning (Thursday 20 July 2023). Opponents of oil and gas drilling outside the Royal Courts of ...

Council officials have taken action against the operator and owner of a West Sussex dormant oil site over clean-up delays. Broadford Bridge site, 2024. Source: West Sussex County Council There has ...