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.

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 wans 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 ...

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 ...

The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has been given just over four weeks to start plugging the shale gas wells at its mothballed ...

A council which declared a climate state of emergency was paid by an oil company in its latest bid for long-term production. Surrey County Council, which aims to decarbonise in under five years, wrote ...

A landmark legal judgement on the climate impact of onshore oil has forced the UK’s first ever formal assessment of carbon emissions from burning hydrocarbons. Campaigners from SOS Biscathorpe at the ...

Residents visit the KM8 site in Kirby Misperton, filmed by BBC TV’s The One Show The KM8 well in Kirby Misperton was due to be fracked in 2016, attracting daily protests that made national headlines.