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.

Investors in Europa Oil & Gas, the company behind plans for gas drilling and lower-volume fracking at Burniston, have approved resolutions to issue more shares and warrants. Announcement ...

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

The company behind plans for lower-volume fracking in Burniston, North Yorkshire, warned today it could go out of business if shareholders did not approve a £3.5m fundraising later this month.

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

Tributes have been paid to the opponent of fracking, Ian R Crane, who died last week (25/2/2021) after a long illness. The former oil industry executive campaigned against shale gas extraction through ...

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 ...

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 ...

Partners seeking to produce oil in the protected Lincolnshire Wolds have abandoned their challenge to the refusal of planning permission, a formal statement announced this morning. The area around the ...

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

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 ...

2024 UK onshore oil production fell for the 11 th consecutive year to the lowest level for 37 years, according to official data published this week. Onshore dry gas production in the UK was also down: ...